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
Event100 metres hurdles
Medal record
Representing  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2020 Tokyo100 m hurdles
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 Lima100 m hurdles
NACAC Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Freeport100 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Freeport4×100 m relay
NACAC U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Kamloops100 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kamloops4×100 m relay

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.

She has qualified to represent Jamaica at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

Her personal best in the 100 metres hurdles is 12.53 seconds set in Tokyo in 2021. She celebrated her third-place finish with the flag of her country wrapped around her, exuding the same joy she exhibits routinely.

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
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

1Did not finish in the final

References

  1. ↑ "2018 CWG bio". Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Rio 2016 bio". Archived from the original on 25 November 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2016.
  3. ↑ Levy, Leighton. "Winning second national 100m hurdles title was like a miracle says Megan Tapper". www.sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
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