Simone Forbes

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Simone Forbes
Personal information
Full nameSimone Nagina Forbes
NationalityJamaican
Born (1981-06-20) 20 June 1981 (age 44)
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
CountryJamaica
SportNetball, volleyball, basketball, football, softball
ClubWaulgrovians Sports Club (netball)
TeamJamaica national netball team (captain)
Medal record
Representing File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica
Netball
Netball World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Kingston Netball
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Auckland Netball
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester Netball
World Netball Series
Silver medal – second place 2009 Manchester Fastnet
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Liverpool Fastnet

Simone Nagina Forbes (born 20 June 1981) is a Jamaican sportswoman, having represented Jamaica in no less than five sports, including netball, volleyball, basketball, football and softball.[1]

Forbes played netball with Jamaica U21 in 1998, before making her debut with the Jamaica national netball team the following year.[2] She continued with the national team, winning bronze medals at two Netball World Championships (2003 and 2007) and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games; she also won a silver medal at the inaugural 2009 World Netball Series, followed by another bronze in 2010 World Netball Series.[3] Despite taking a short break away from the sport following the World Series,[4] Forbes remained captain of the Sunshine Girls, and was selected as flag bearer for Jamaica at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.[5] As of 2010 Forbes is playing domestic netball for Waulgrovians.[6]

In volleyball, she earned a sports scholarship to Mercy College, New York in 2004. In 2005 Forbes made her debut for the Jamaica women's national volleyball team,[1] and graduated from Mercy College the following year.[7]

In 2011, Forbes tested positive for the banned substance Clomiphene – frequently used by athletes taking steroids, but also commonly used in fertility treatments – during an out-of-competition drug test. She was subsequently banned for three months by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission from playing netball; the ban was to end after the 2011 Netball World Championships in Singapore.[8]

Awards

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  • Prime Minister's National Youth Award for Excellence in the Field of Sports - 2005[9]
  • International Student Athlete of the Year - 2003[10]
  • GC Foster College Sportswoman of the Year - 2002[10]
  • Carreras Sports Foundation Special Award for Netball - 2002[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ 2003 Netball World Championships: Player profile – Simone Forbes Archived 2008-09-15 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-10-19.
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  5. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  7. ^ Mercy College Athletics graduates 2006 Archived 2011-02-06 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 2009-10-19.
  8. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  9. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  10. ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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