Charles Simpkins

Personal information

Born

October 19, 1963 (age 52)
Aiken, South Carolina, U.S.

Medal record

Men's athletics
Competitor for United States
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	Triple jump

Charles "Charlie" Simpkins (born October 19, 1963) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the triple jump. He was born in Aiken, South Carolina.

He competed for the United States in the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona, Spain in the triple jump where he won the silver medal. He had previously represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing 5th.

References

Charles Simpkins profile at IAAF
"Charlie Simpkins". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.

Summer Universiade Champions in Men's Triple jump

1959: Oleg Ryakhovskiy (URS)
1961: Sorin Ioan (ROM)
1963: Satoshi Shimo (JPN)
1965: Henrik Kalocsai (HUN)
1967: Michael Sauer (FRG)
1970: Viktor Saneyev (URS)
1973: Mikhail Bariban (URS)
1975: Michał Joachimowski (POL)
1977: Anatoliy Piskulin (URS)
1979: Willie Banks (USA)
1981: Zou Zhenxian (CHN)
1983: Ajayi Agbebaku (NGR)
1985–1987: Charles Simpkins (USA)
1989: Igor Lapshin (URS)
1991: Brian Wellman (BER)
1993: Tosi Fasinro (GBR)
1995: Andrey Kurennoy (RUS)
1997–1999: Yoelbi Quesada (CUB)
2001: Kenta Bell (USA)
2003: Gu Junjie (CHN)
2005: Aleksandr Sergeyev (RUS)
2007: Kim Deok-Hyeon (KOR)
2009–2011: Nelson Évora (POR)
2013: Viktor Kuznyetsov (UKR)
2015: Dmitriy Sorokin (RUS)

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