Megan Tapper

Megan Tapper
Personal information
Birth name	Megan Simmonds
Born	18 March 1994 (age 30); Kingston, Jamaica
Education	University of Technology, Jamaica
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	100 metres hurdles
Medal record
Representing Jamaica
Olympic Games
Pan American Games
NACAC Championships
NACAC U23 Championships

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 was chosen to represent Jamaica at the 2020 Summer Olympics^[3] where she won a bronze medal.

Her personal best in the 100 metres hurdles is 12.53 seconds set in Tokyo in 2021.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
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
2011	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)
2014	NACAC U23 Championships	Kamloops, Canada	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
2019	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
	NACAC Championships	Freeport, Bahamas	3rd	4 × 100 m relay	43.49
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	7th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.55
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	11th (sf)	60 m hurdles	8.00

¹Did not finish in the final

References

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

[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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