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.

Megan Tapper
Personal information
Birth nameMegan Simmonds
Born (1994-03-18) 18 March 1994
Kingston, Jamaica[1]
EducationUniversity of Technology, Jamaica
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)[2]
Weight50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 metres hurdles
Medal record
Representing  Jamaica
Pan American Games
2019 Lima100 m hurdles

Her personal best in the 100 metres hurdles is 12.61 seconds set in Doha in 2019.[3]

International competitions
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

1Did not finish in the final

References
  1. "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. Rio 2016 bio
  3. Megan Tapper at World Athletics


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