Megan Tapper (née Simmonds; born 18 March 1994) is a Jamaican athlete competing in the sprint hurdles. 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 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 world championships where she made the final in the 100m hurdles.
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| Birth name | Megan Simmonds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 March 1994 Kingston, Jamaica[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Technology, Jamaica | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 100 metres hurdles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She was chosen to represent Jamaica at the 2020 Summer Olympics[3] where she won a bronze medal.
Her personal best in the 100 metres hurdles is 12.53 seconds set in Tokyo in 2021.
International competitions
edit1Did not finish in the final
References
edit- ^ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- ^ "Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
- ^ Levy, Leighton. "Winning second national 100m hurdles title was like a miracle says Megan Tapper". www.sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 18 July 2021.