Megan Tapper
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 Yokahama, 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(s) | 100 metres hurdles | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Her personal best in the 100 metres hurdles is 12.61 seconds set in Doha in 2019.[3]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 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 | |
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References
- "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
- Rio 2016 bio
- Megan Tapper at World Athletics
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