Simmone Jacobs

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Simmone Jacobs
Medal record

Women’s Athletics
Competitor for United Kingdom
Olympic Games
Bronze	1984 Los Angeles	4 x 100 metres
European Championships
Bronze	1990 Split	4 x 100 metres
Competitor for England
Commonwealth Games
Silver	1990 Auckland	4 x 100 metres
Bronze	1994 Victoria	4 x 100 metres
Bronze	1998 Kuala Lumpur	4 x 100 metres

Simmone Jacobs (Kim Simmone Geraldine Jacobs; born 5 September 1966) is a British athlete who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. Jacobs began her career at Reading Athletic Club, where she was encouraged by two senior members, Kathy Cook and Beverley Callender.

She competed for Great Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles in the 4 x 100 metres where she won the bronze medal with Heather Oakes and her club mates Kathy Cook and Beverley Callender, who had all won bronze medals at the previous Olympics. She was not yet 18. Jacobs went on to compete in the next three Olympics in 1988, 1992 and 1996.

Achievements

1983	European Junior Championships	Schwechat, Austria	2nd	100 m	11.59 sec
			3rd	200 m	23.28
			3rd	4x100 m	44.86
1984	Olympic Games	Los Angeles, United States	3rd	4 x 100m	43.11
1986	Commonwealth Games	Edinburgh, Scotland	4th	200 m	23.48
1987	World Championships	Rome, Italy	quarter-final	100m	11.83
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	quarter-final	100 m	11.31
			quarter-final	200 m	23.38
			semi-final	4x100 m	43.50
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	7th	100 m	11.53
	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	2nd	4x100 m	44.15
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	3rd	4x100 m	43.32
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	semi-final	200m	23.72 (23.37)
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	heats	4x100 m	43.43
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	quarter-final	200 m	23.61
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	8th	4x100 m	43.83
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	semi-final	100m	11.47
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	3rd	4x100 m	43.46
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	quarter-final	200 m	22.96
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	8th	4x100 m	43.93
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	semi-final	100 m	11.71
			semi-final	200 m	23.73
			3rd	4x100 m	43.69

References

Simmone Jacobs profile at IAAF
Kubatko, Justin. "Simone Jacobs Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-01-24.

Persondata
Name	Jacobs, Simmone
Alternative names	Jacobs, Kim Simmone Geraldine
Short description	British sprinter
Date of birth	5 September 1966
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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