Margaret Simpson

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Margaret Simpson

Personal information
Nationality	Ghanaian
Born	December 31, 1981 (1981-12-31) (age 29)
Height	1.63 metres (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	58 kilograms (128 lb)
Sport
Country	Ghana
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Heptathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Heptathlon 6,423 points[1]
Medal record Competitor for  Ghana Women’s athletics World Championships Bronze 2005 Helsinki Heptathlon African Championships Gold 2002 Tunis Heptathlon Gold 2004 Brazzaville Heptathlon Gold 2010 Nairobi Heptathlon All-Africa Games Gold 2003 Abuja Heptathlon Gold 2007 Algiers Heptathlon Gold 2011 Maputo Heptathlon Commonwealth Games Bronze 2002 Manchester Heptathlon

Margaret Simpson (born December 31, 1981 in Krapa) is a Ghanaian heptathlete. She won a bronze medal at the 2005 World Championships, setting several personal bests in the process. Her personal best is 6423 points, achieved in Götzis in May 2005.

In 2004, Simpson became African Champion and followed this result with a ninth place at the 2004 Olympics.

She won the 2011 edition of the Multistars meeting in Desenzano del Garda with a score of 6270 points, defeating the 2010 champion Marina Goncharova.^[2]

Simpson is renowned for her strong javelin throw, her personal best in which is 56.36 m.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Ghana
1999	All-Africa Games	Johannesburg, South Africa	4th	Heptathlon
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	3rd	Heptathlon	5906 pts
	African Championships	Radès, Tunisia	1st	Heptathlon
2003	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	5th	Heptathlon
	All-Africa Games	Abuja, Nigeria	1st	Heptathlon
2004	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	5th	Heptathlon
	African Championships	Brazzaville, Congo	1st	Heptathlon
2005	Hypo-Meeting	Götzis, Austria	4th	Heptathlon
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	3rd	Heptathlon
2007	All-Africa Games	Algiers, Algeria	1st	Heptathlon
2010	African Championships	Nairobi, Kenya	1st	Heptathlon	6031 pts
2011	All-Africa Games	Maputo, Mozambique	1st	Heptathlon	6172 pts

Competition record

2011 World Championships

Event	Result	Position	Points	Overall	Notes
100 metre hurdles	13.43 secs	1st	1,060	9th	Heat 3
High jump	1.80 m	2nd	978	9th	Group B
Shot put	12.48 m	7th	693	17th	Group B
200 metres	25.23 secs	3rd	866	19th	Heat 3
Long jump	5.88 m	10th	813	22nd	Group B
Javelin	53.13 m	2nd	921	14th	Group A
800 metres	2:17.91	8th	852	14th	Heat 2
Heptathlon			6,183	14th	Source:IAAF

References

1. ^ "Biographies - Simpson Margaret". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/country=gha/athcode=139788/index.html. Retrieved 2011-09-04. 
2. ^ Sampaolo, Diego (2011-05-10). De Araujo and Simpson take Desenzano victories – IAAF Combined Events Challenge. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-05-14.

External links

• IAAF profile for Margaret Simpson

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Name	Simpson, Margaret
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Date of birth	December 31, 1981
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