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Athlete Bio

Jenny Simpson

Basic Information

Status: Active Gender: Female Age: 38 Date of Birth: 8/23/1986

Athletics Information

Event: Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field Coach: Heather Burroughs Agent: N/A Sponsor: New Balance

Residences

Hometown: Webster City, IA High School: Oviedo High School (Oviedo, FL) ‘05 College: University of Colorado ‘09, Political Science and Economics

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National champion

5x

Diamond League meeting winner

4x

National Indoor champion

3x

NCAA champion

2x

World Championships Silver medallist

2x

In Top 8 World Championships

1x

World champion

1x

Diamond League Final winner

1x

NCAA Indoor champion

1x

Diamond Trophy winner

Current Accomplishments

Personal Best

Filter Results

1500m

EventPerformance
Event1500mPerformance3:57.22

1500m Indoors

EventPerformance
Event1500m IndoorsPerformance4:07.27

3000m Indoors

EventPerformance
Event3000m IndoorsPerformance8:40.31

3000m Steeplechase

EventPerformance
Event3000m SteeplechasePerformance9:12.50

5000m

EventPerformance
Event5000mPerformance14:56.26

800m

EventPerformance
Event800mPerformance2:00.45

World Athletics Championships

  • Most recent - 2019 IAAF World Championships (eighth)
  • Years of participation: Outdoor - 2007, 2009 (3,000m steeplechase), 2017; 2011, 2013, 2015 (1,500m)
  • Medals:
    • Gold - 2011 
    • Silver - 2013
    • Silver - 2017

Olympic Games

  • Three-time Olympian (2008, 2012, 2016), Olympic bronze medalist 
  • Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, ninth (3,000m steeplechase)
  • London 2012 Olympic Games, 11th in semi final heat 2 (1500m)
  • Rio 2016 Olympic Games, bronze (1500m)

Personal

Daughter of Bruce and Janet Barringer…Has one brother, John, and one sister, Emily… Married to Jason Simpson…Grew up wanting to be an Olympian in equestrian...Discovered her love for running through the running program at her elementary school...Met Jackie Joyner-Kersee as a child at a banquet and was inspired by her...In 2018, she delivered 200 pairs of new shoes to children at Mary Pennock Elementary School...Her sister is in the military and has been overseas in Iraq...One of her greatest sources of inspiration is her high school coach, Coach Getty...Ambassador for Rising New York Road Runners.

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