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Megan Simmonds

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Megan Simmonds
(formerly Megan Tapper)
Personal information
BornMegan Simmonds
(1994-03-18) 18 March 1994 (age 32)
Kingston, Jamaica[1]
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm)[2]
Weight49 kg (108 lb)[2]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
100 metres hurdles
College teamUniversity of Technology, Jamaica
ClubMVP Track Club
Elite Performance
Hurdles Mechanics
Achievements and titles
Personal bests60 mh 7.82 (Torun, 2026)
100 mh 12.34 (Kingston, 2025)
Medal record
Representing  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo100 m hurdles
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2026 Glasgow100 m hurdles
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 Lima100 m hurdles
NACAC Championships
Silver medal – second place2022 Freeport100 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place2022 Freeport4×100 m relay
NACAC U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2014 Kamloops100 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place2014 Kamloops4×100 m relay

Megan Simmonds (formerly Megan Tapper, born 18 March 1994) is a Jamaican athlete competing in the sprint hurdles. She is an Olympic bronze medalist.[3]

Career

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She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics reaching the semifinals. She also represented her country in the 2017 World Athletics Championships in London, where she made it to the semi-finals. In 2018, she competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games finishing 7th in the final. In 2019, she was a member of the Jamaican shuttle hurdles relay in Yokohama, Japan as well as the team in Doha, Qatar at the 2019 IAAF World Championships where she made the final in the 100m hurdles.

She was chosen to represent Jamaica at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she won a bronze medal in 12.55s.[3]

Her personal best in the 100 metres hurdles is 12.34 seconds set in Kingston in 2025 at the JAAA National Senior Championships.[4] Later in the season at the Monaco Diamond League, she equaled that 12.34 PB winning her first DL race.[5][6]

At the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League, she finished 4th in 100 metres hurdles in 12.73s.[7]

Statistics

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Circuit performances

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Grand Slam Track results[8]
SlamRace groupEventPl.TimePrize money
2025 Miami SlamShort hurdles 100 m hurdles5th12.50US$30,000
100 m2nd11.33
2025 Philadelphia SlamShort hurdles 100 m hurdles3rd12.66US$25,000
100 m6th11.52

International competitions

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Jamaica
2010 CARIFTA Games (U17) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1st 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 13.64 (w)
Central American and Caribbean
Junior Championships (U17)		 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1st 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 14.32
Youth Olympic Games Singapore 4th 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 13.62
2011 CARIFTA Games (U20) Montego Bay, Jamaica 2nd (h) 100 m hurdles 13.82 (w)1
World Youth Championships Lille, France 6th 100 m hurdles (76.2 cm) 13.78
2013 CARIFTA Games (U20) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 1st 100 m hurdles 13.89
2014 NACAC U23 Championships Kamloops, Canada 2nd 100 m hurdles 13.06 (w)
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 45.90
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 14th (sf) 100 m hurdles 12.95
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 11th (sf) 100 m hurdles 12.93
2018 Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 7th 100 m hurdles 13.18
2019 Pan American Games Lima, Peru 3rd 100 m hurdles 13.01
World Championships Doha, Qatar 5th (sf) 100 m hurdles 12.611
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 3rd 100 m hurdles 12.55
2022 World Championships Eugene, United States 9th (sf) 100 m hurdles 12.52
NACAC Championships Freeport, Bahamas 2nd 100 m hurdles 12.68
3rd 4 × 100 m relay 43.49
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 7th (sf) 100 m hurdles 12.55
2024 World Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 11th (sf) 60 m hurdles 8.00
2026 World Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 5th 60 m hurdles 7.82
Commonwealth Games Glasgow, United Kingdom 2nd 100 m hurdles 12.41 (w)
World Ultimate Championship Budapest, Hungary 5th 100 m hurdles 12.42

1Did not finish in the final

References

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  1. ↑ "2018 Commonwealth Games profile". Retrieved 30 April 2018.[dead link]
  2. 1 2 "Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. 1 2 Levy, Leighton. "Winning second national 100m hurdles title was like a miracle says Megan Tapper". www.sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "national trials 2025: megan tapper takes 100m hurdles title in upset". Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Tapper, Scott deliver personal best efforts at Monaco Diamond League". Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "megan simmonds athlete profile". Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  7. ↑ "Jackson looking forward to season after fast 200m in China". Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Grand Slam Track Results". Grand Slam Track. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
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