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Margaret Simpson
Personal information
NationalityGhanaian
Born (1981-12-31) 31 December 1981 (age 42)
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
CountryGhana
SportTrack and field
EventHeptathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal bestHeptathlon 6,423 points[1]
Medal record
Representing  Ghana
Women's athletics
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Helsinki Heptathlon
African Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Tunis Heptathlon
Gold medal – first place 2004 Brazzaville Heptathlon
Gold medal – first place 2010 Nairobi Heptathlon
Gold medal – first place 2012 Porto Novo Javelin
All-Africa Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Abuja Heptathlon
Gold medal – first place 2007 Algiers Heptathlon
Gold medal – first place 2011 Maputo Heptathlon
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester Heptathlon

Margaret Simpson (born 31 December 1981 in Krapa) is a Ghanaian heptathlete. She won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships, setting several personal bests in the process. Her personal best is 6423 points, achieved in Götzis in May 2005.[2]

Biography

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In one of her earliest international senior performances, she placed fourth at the 1999 All-Africa Games. She was the junior champion at the 1999 African Junior Athletics Championships, but failed to finish in the event at the 2000 World Junior Championships in Athletics. She was selected for the heptathlon at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics and placed 13th overall. Senior success came the following year as she took the bronze medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and then won the heptathlon gold medal at the 2002 African Championships in Athletics. She failed to finish at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics. In 2004, Simpson became African Champion for a second time and followed this result with a ninth place at the 2004 Athens Olympics.[3]

Simpson reached the global podium for the first time at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, taking third place with the second best performance of her career with a tally of 6375 points. She had set a personal best of 6423 points at the Hypo-Meeting earlier that season. She missed the 2006 season but returned the year after with a gold medal performance at the 2007 All-Africa Games. She failed to finish at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics later that season. She missed all of the 2008 season after this. She was off form in 2009 and registered a season's best of 5872 points at the Meeting International d'Arles. She was back to good form at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics, where she won a third heptathlon title in a score of 6031 points. She also managed eighth in the high jump for African at the 2010 IAAF Continental Cup.[3]

She won the 2011 edition of the Multistars meeting in Desenzano del Garda with a score of 6270 points, defeating the 2010 champion Marina Goncharova.[4] She was fourteenth at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics and won a third straight title at the 2011 All-Africa Games. She won the African Combined Events Championships in both 2011 and 2012.[5]

She withdrew from the heptathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics due to a kidney infection.[6]

Simpson is renowned for her strong javelin throw, her personal best in which is 56.36 metres.[2]

Achievements

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Ghana
1999 African Junior Championships Tunis, Tunisia 2nd 4 × 100 m relay 47.13
1st Heptathlon 5366 pts
All-Africa Games Johannesburg, South Africa 4th Heptathlon 5089 pts
2000 World Junior Championships Santiago, Chile — Heptathlon DNF
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada 13th Heptathlon 5748 pts
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, United Kingdom 3rd Heptathlon 5906 pts
African Championships Radès, Tunisia 1st Heptathlon 6105 pts
2003 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 5th Heptathlon 6120 pts
World Championships Paris, France – Heptathlon DNF
All-Africa Games Abuja, Nigeria 1st Heptathlon 6152 pts
2004 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 5th Heptathlon 6306 pts
African Championships Brazzaville, Congo 1st Heptathlon 6154 pts
2005 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 4th Heptathlon 6423 pts
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 3rd Heptathlon 6375 pts
2007 All-Africa Games Algiers, Algeria 1st Heptathlon 6278 pts
World Championships Osaka, Japan – Heptathlon DNF
2010 African Championships Nairobi, Kenya 1st Heptathlon 6031 pts
2011 All-Africa Games Maputo, Mozambique 1st Heptathlon 6172 pts
2012 African Championships Porto Novo, Benin 1st Javelin throw 54.62 m
– Heptathlon DNF

Competition record

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2011 World Championships

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Event Result Position Points Overall Notes
100 metre hurdles 13.43 secs 1st 1,060 9th Heat 3
High jump 1.80 m 2nd 978 9th Group B
Shot put 12.48 m 7th 693 17th Group B
200 metres 25.23 secs 3rd 866 19th Heat 3
Long jump 5.88 m 10th 813 22nd Group B
Javelin 53.13 m 2nd 921 14th Group A
800 metres 2:17.91 8th 852 14th Heat 2
Heptathlon 6,183 14th Source:IAAF

References

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  1. ^ "Biographies – Simpson Margaret". IAAF. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Margaret SIMPSON | Profile | iaaf.org". www.iaaf.org. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b Simpson Margaret. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-19.
  4. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2011-05-10). De Araujo and Simpson take Desenzano victories – IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-14.
  5. ^ Kamé and Simpson retain titles in Mauritius - IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-04-19.
  6. ^ "London 2012: Team Ghana last boxer defeated with Gaisah failing to qualify". Ghana Home Page. 3 August 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
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