GhanaBiography
African record holder, African Champion and World medallist heptathlete.
Simpson competed her first African Games in 1999 as a prominent youngster finished fourth. Her first impact was in 2002 summer as became African champion (breaking 6000-pts barrier first time) and secured Commonwealth bronze.
She remained leading heptathlete in Africa until 2011 while collecting three more African Champs & African Games titles. Also won a bronze medal in 2005 World Champs - first for Ghana - and breaks African heptathlon record in same season during Hypo Meeting in Götzis (AUT).
Took a break from athletics after London Olympics after a painful kidney infection. Then briefly returned to competition in African circuit 2017-18.
PERSONAL BESTS
200m: 24.38 (+1.2) in Algiers 2007
100H: 13.41 (-0.8) in Götzis 2005
LJ: 6.32 (0.7) in Götzis 2005
SP: 13.58 in Bambous 2012
JT: 56.36 in Helsinki 2005
Heptathlon: 6423 pts in Götzis 2005
TRIVIA
♦ Spoke to local media about poor living conditions after athletics career, said she sells sunflower oil to survive. Indicated never-made payments from Sports Ministry due to her international achievements despite the promises. (Source: Kasapa FM, 29.10.2018)