Kim Simmone Geraldine Jacobs (born 5 September 1966) is a female retired British athlete who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She represented Great Britain at four Olympic Games (1984–96), winning a bronze medal as a 17-year-old at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in the 4 x 100 metres relay. She also won a relay bronze medal at the 1990 European Championships and relay medals at three Commonwealth Games.
Biography Jacobs was born in Reading, Berkshire, and was a member of the Reading Athletic Club and later Shaftesbury Barnet Harriers. Her career best times are 11.31 secs for 100 metres (1988) and 22.95 for the 200 metres (1996). She won the AAA Championships 200 metres title in 1986, 1988 and 1996, and the UK Championship 200 metres title in 1997. A talented junior, she won three medals at the 1983 European Junior Championships and won an Olympic bronze medal aged 17, along with Heather Oakes, Kathy Cook and Bev Callender, with Jacobs replacing an injured Shirley Thomas in the British sprint relay squad at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
She also won sprint relay bronze at the 1990 European Championships; relay silver at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, and relay bronzes at the 1994 and 1998 Commonwealth Games. Her other individual results include finishing fourth in the 200 metres final at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh (just 0.02 from a medal), and seventh in the 100 metres final at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland.
International competitions Representing the / 1983European Junior ChampionshipsSchwechat, Austria 2nd100 m11.59 sec 3rd200 m23.28 3rd4 × 100 m44.861984Olympic GamesLos Angeles, United States 3rd4 × 100 m43.111986Commonwealth GamesEdinburgh, Scotland4th200 m23.481987World ChampionshipsRome, Italyquarter-final100m11.831988Olympic GamesSeoul, South Koreaquarter-final100 m11.31quarter-final200 m23.38semi-final4 × 100 m43.501990Commonwealth GamesAuckland, New Zealand7th100 m11.53 2nd4 × 100 m44.15European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia 3rd4 × 100 m43.321991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japansemi-final200m23.72 (23.37)heats4 × 100 m43.431992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spainquarter-final200 m23.611993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany8th4 × 100 m43.831994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland18th (h)200m23.75 (wind: -2.1 m/s)5th4 × 100 m relay43.63Commonwealth GamesVictoria, Canadasemi-final100m11.47 3rd4 × 100 m43.46World CupLondon, United Kingdom8th4 × 100 m44.451996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United Statesquarter-final200 m22.968th4 × 100 m43.931998Commonwealth GamesKuala Lumpur, Malaysiasemi-final100 m11.71semi-final200 m23.73 3rd4 × 100 m43.69
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