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词条 Judy Simpson
释义

  1. Career

  2. Personal life

  3. Achievements

  4. References

  5. External links

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Judith Earline Veronica Simpson (née Livermore; born 14 November 1960) is a former British heptathlete who competed at three Olympic Games. She went on to appear as Nightshade in the TV show Gladiators between 1993 and 1996.

Career

Simpson was born in Kingston, Jamaica and lives in Sheffield in South Yorkshire during the mid 80's to the present and competed in three Commonwealth Games, 1982, 1986 and 1990, winning a silver, gold and bronze respectively in the heptathlon. She also competed in the pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and in the heptathlon and high jump at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She was also the Three A's heptathlon champion in 1982 and 1983. In 1986 Simpson won a bronze medal in the heptathlon at the European Championships in Stuttgart with a personal best points total of 6623.

Between 1993 and 1996 Simpson featured in the UK TV show Gladiators as "Nightshade". After appearing in an Ashes competition with Australian Gladiators she became ill. She appeared for a few episodes of the 1996 series but was later forced to pull out.

Personal life

In 1999 Simpson's daughter, Joan Mary, died of meningitis, following a nationwide outbreak of the disease.[1]

Achievements

Representing {{GBR2 / {{ENG
1980Olympic GamesMoscow, Soviet Union13thpentathlon4304
1982European ChampionshipsAthens, Greece7thheptathlon6287
Commonwealth GamesBrisbane, Australia5th100 m hurdles13.25
2ndheptathlon6214
1983World Student Games (Universiade)Edmonton, Canada3rdheptathlon6184
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, FinlandheptathlonDNF
1984Olympic GamesLos Angeles, United States19th (q)high jump1.84 m
5thheptathlon6280
1985World Student Games (Universiade)Kobe, Japan3rdheptathlon6046
1986Commonwealth GamesEdinburgh, Scotland1stheptathlon6282
European ChampionshipsStuttgart, West Germany3rdheptathlon6623
1988Olympic GamesSeoul, South KoreaheptathlonDNF
1990Commonwealth GamesAuckland, New Zealand3rdheptathlon6085

References

1. ^{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/250473.stm | publisher=BBC News | title=Brain disease claims Gladiator's baby | date=7 January 1999 | accessdate=1 April 2019 }}

External links

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30 : 1960 births|Living people|Black English sportspeople|English people of Jamaican descent|Sportspeople from Kingston, Jamaica|People from Sheffield|English heptathletes|British heptathletes|British pentathletes|British female high jumpers|English female high jumpers|British female hurdlers|English female hurdlers|British female athletes|Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom|Olympic athletes of Great Britain|Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics|Commonwealth Games competitors for England|Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England|Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England|Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England|Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics|Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games|Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games|Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games|World Championships in Athletics athletes for Great Britain|European Athletics Championships medalists|Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)

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