Megan Simmonds (formerly Megan Tapper, born 18 March 1994) is a Jamaican athlete competing in the sprint hurdles. She is an Olympic bronze medalist.
Career 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 2018 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 2019 IAAF World Championships where she made the final in the 100m hurdles.
She was chosen to represent Jamaica at the 2020 Summer Olympics where she won a bronze medal in 12.55s.
Her personal best in the 100 metres hurdles is 12.34 seconds set in Kingston in 2025 at the JAAA National Senior Championships. Later in the season at the Monaco Diamond League, she equaled that 12.34 PB winning her first DL race.
At the 2026 Shanghai Diamond League, she finished 4th in 100 metres hurdles in 12.73s.
Statistics Circuit performances
International competitions Representing 2010CARIFTA Games (U17)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago1st100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)13.64 (w)Central American and CaribbeanJunior Championships (U17)Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic1st100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)14.32Youth Olympic GamesSingapore4th100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)13.622011CARIFTA Games (U20)Montego Bay, Jamaica2nd (h)100 m hurdles13.82 (w)1World Youth ChampionshipsLille, France6th100 m hurdles (76.2 cm)13.782013CARIFTA Games (U20)Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago1st100 m hurdles13.892014NACAC U23 ChampionshipsKamloops, Canada2nd100 m hurdles13.06 (w)3rd4 × 100 m relay45.902016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil14th (sf)100 m hurdles12.952017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom11th (sf)100 m hurdles12.932018Commonwealth GamesGold Coast, Australia7th100 m hurdles13.182019Pan American GamesLima, Peru3rd100 m hurdles13.01World ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar5th (sf)100 m hurdles12.6112021Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan3rd100 m hurdles12.552022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States9th (sf)100 m hurdles12.52NACAC ChampionshipsFreeport, Bahamas2nd100 m hurdles12.683rd4 × 100 m relay43.492023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary7th (sf)100 m hurdles12.552024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom11th (sf)60 m hurdles8.002026World Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland5th60 m hurdles7.82Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom2nd100 m hurdles12.41 (w)World Ultimate ChampionshipBudapest, Hungary5th100 m hurdles12.42 1Did not finish in the final
References
External links
Megan Tapper at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics (archived)