Regina Jacobs
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| Women’s Athletics | ||
Competitor for  United States
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| World Championships | ||
| Silver | 1997 Athens | 1500 m |
| Silver | 1999 Seville | 1500 m |
Regina Jacobs (born August 28, 1963) is an American former middle distance runner from Los Angeles. After graduating from Stanford University she represented the USA in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, before ending her long career after a positive drug test.[1]
Jacobs took second place in the 1500 m race at the 6th World Championships in Athletics in Athens (4:04.63) in 1997, and again won the silver medal in the 1500 m at the World Championships in Sevilla in 1999 (4:00.35). In her years of running she won 25 national titles. On February 1, 2003, at age 39 Jacobs set a world record in the indoor 1500 m with a time of 3:59.98, becoming the first woman to break 4 minutes in the event.
In 2003 she retired after she tested positive for BALCO's 'designer' steroid THG and was suspended from competing in track & field for four years by the United States Anti-Doping Agency.
Post Track & Field Career
Since retiring from track & field, she has become a real estate agent in Oakland.[2]
References
- ↑ Fish, Mike (November 25, 2003). "Second guessing". SI.com. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
- ↑ Track & Field News online discussion: Regina's motto
External links
- Regina Jacobs profile at IAAF
- sports-reference
- Jacobs handed ban from BBC
- Regina Jacobs Sets 1500M World Record from Cool Running
- Steroid Is Reportedly Found In Top Runner's Urine Test from New York Times
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