Marcell Jacobs
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Full name | Lamont Marcell Jacobs Jr. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Italy (2016–)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | El Paso, Texas, United States | 26 September 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Long jump Sprinting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | G.S. Fiamme Oro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Paolo Camossi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lamont Marcell Jacobs Jr. (born 26 September 1994) is an American-born Italian male sprinter and long jumper. He won the 60 m title during the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships. On 1 August 2021, Jacobs set a new 100 m European record with a time of 9.80 at the 2020 Olympics, winning the gold medal in the process. He is the first Italian to win the 100 m Olympic title.
Jacobs closed the 2020–21 indoor season as World Leader at 60 metres.[2]
Biography
Son of an Italian mother and an African American father, a United States Army soldier serving at Caserma Ederle in Italy, he was born in El Paso, Texas, where he spent only his first month.[3] When his father was transferred to South Korea, he moved to Desenzano del Garda with his mother.[4][5] He began competing in athletics there at the age of ten, initially preferring sprinting, then discovering the long jump in 2011. He later moved to Rome,[5] where he lives with his partner Nicole and his two children, Anthony (born 2019) and Megan (born 2021). Jacobs has a son, Jeremy (born 2013), from a previous relationship when he was 19.[6]
In 2016, Jacobs won the Italian Athletics Championships in long jump. With a personal best of 8.07 m, he ranked at tenth place on the IAAF world leading list at the end of the 2017 indoor season.[7] At the 2016 Italian U23 Championships he jumped 8.48 m, the best performance for an Italian, although this result cannot be recognized as a national record due to the wind in favour of 2.8 m/s (the regulation limit is 2.0 m/s).[8][9]
On 13 May 2021, in Savona, Italy, he set the Italian record in the 100 metres with a time of 9.95 s,[10] becoming the 150th person in history to break the 10-second barrier. On 26 June 2021, notwithstanding a headwind of −1.0 m/s, he beat the Italian championships' record with a time of 10.01 s, in Rovereto, winning his fourth national title in a row.
When questioned about his origins, he said he feels 100% Italian, admitting he is not very good at speaking English.[11]
He became the 2020 men's 100 m Olympic champion on 1 August 2021. He won the first round in 9.94, improving his Italian record; then, in his semi-final, he was third with 9.84, setting a new European Record and qualifying as third overall for the final. He was the first Italian runner to accomplish such a feat. In the final he won the gold medal with the time of 9.80, which was a new European record and the fastest time ever by an athlete from outside the United States or Jamaica.[12]
Statistics
National records
- 60 metres: 6.47, Toruń, 6 March 2021.[13] Current holder.
- 100 metres: 9.80, Tokyo, 1 August 2021.[10] Current holder.
- 4×100 m relay: 38.11, Doha, 4 October 2019, he ran second leg in the team with Federico Cattaneo, Davide Manenti, Filippo Tortu; current holder[14]
Personal bests
Event | Mark | Wind (m/s) | Venue | Date | Notes |
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60 m | 6.47 s | — | Toruń | 6 March 2021 | Indoor, WL, NR |
100 m | 9.80 s | +0.1 | Tokyo | 1 Aug 2021 | AR, NR |
200 m | 20.61 s | +0.2 | Campi Bisenzio | 6 May 2018 | |
Long jump | 8.07 m | — | Tunis | 4 February 2017 | Indoor |
8.48 m | +2.8 | Bressanone | 10 June 2016 | Wind-assisted |
Achievements
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Notes |
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2016 | Mediterranean U23 Championships | Tunis | 1st | Long jump | 7.95 m | PB |
European Championships | Amsterdam | 11th | Long jump | 7.59 m | [note 1] | |
2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade | Qual. | Long jump | 7.70 m | |
2018 | European Championships | Berlin | SF | 100 m | 10.28 | |
2019 | IAAF World Relays | Yokohama | DNF | 4×100 m relay | no time | [note 2] |
European Team Championships (SL) | Bydgoszcz | 2nd | 100 m | 10.39 | [note 3] | |
European Indoor Championships | Glasgow | Qual. | Long jump | N.M. | ||
World Championships | Doha | SF | 100 m | 10.20 | [note 4] | |
SF | 4×100 m relay | 38.11 | NR | |||
2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń | 1st | 60 m | 6.47 | WL, NR |
World Relays | Chorzów | 2nd | 4×100 m relay | 39.21 | [15] | |
Olympic Games | Tokyo | 1st | 100 m | 9.80 | AR |
Other meetings
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Performance | Notes |
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2020 | International Triveneto meeting | Trieste | 1st | 100 m | 10.10 | |
2021 | International Savona meeting | Savona | 1st | 100 m | 9.95 | NR |
BAUHAUS-galan | Stockholm | 2nd | 100 m | 10.05 | ||
Herculis | Montecarlo | 3rd | 100 m | 9.99 |
National titles
Jacobs won seven national championships at individual senior level.[16][17]
- Italian Athletics Championships
- 100 m: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 (4)
- Long jump: 2016 (1)
- Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
- 60 m: 2021 (1)
- Long jump: 2017 (1)
See also
- List of Olympic records in athletics
- List of Italian records in athletics
- Italian all-time lists - 100 m
- Italian podiums in the Diamond League
- 2020/21 in 60 metres (1st with 6.47)
- 2018 in 100 metres (45th with 10.08)
- 2019 in 100 metres (33rd with 10.03)
- 2020 in 100 metres (22th with 10.10)
Notes
References
- ^ "Marcell Jacobs Bioografia". fidal.it (in Italian). Italian Athletics Federation. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Senior Outdoor 2020/21 - 60 Metres Men". worldathletics.org. World Athletics. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
- ^ "«I run faster because I have found the balance in the family. The tattoos? I love to get noticed »- Corriere.it". Italy24 News Sports. 15 May 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Mamma e Garda, le radici di Jacobs l'uomo che l'Italia voleva da anni" (in Italian). fidal.it. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Lamont Marcell Jacobs biography" (in Italian). fidal.it.it. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
La mamma, sposata con un texano, è tornata in Italia quando Marcell era ancora bambino.
- ^ "Atletica, chi è Marcell Jacobs, il nuovo recordman italiano sui 100 metri" (in Italian). tg24.sky.it. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
Padre di tre figli, Anthony e Megan avuti dall'attuale compagna Nicole, e Jeremy da una relazione precedente all'età di 19 anni.
- ^ "SENIOR INDOOR 2017 - TRIPLE JUMP MEN". iaaf.org. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Atletica, Jacobs vola: 8.48 ventoso" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Jacobs, ancora un lampo: 10.12 a Campi Bisenzio!" (in Italian). fidal.it.it. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
- ^ a b "Athletics - Final Results". olympics.com. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ Dolfin, Alberto (14 May 2021). "Atletica: ecco chi è Lamont Marcell Jacobs, il recordman azzurro sui 100 metri" (in Italian). La Stampa. Retrieved 14 May 2021.
Di americano ho solo le fibre muscolari, mi sento italiano al 100%
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Athletics-Italian Jacobs wins men's 100m gold at Tokyo Olympics". Reuters. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "JACOBS ORO nei 60, con un gran 6"47" (in Italian). raisport.rai.it. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Doha: doppia 4x100 da record, azzurre in finale" (in Italian). fidal.it. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
- ^ "Results 4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Final" (PDF). worldathletics.org. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – UOMINI TUTTI I CAMPIONI – 1906-2016" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ^ "Dal Molin record italiano 13.27, Jacobs 10.01!" (in Italian). fidal.it. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
External links
- Marcell Jacobs at World Athletics
- Marcell Jacobs at European Athletics
- Marcell Jacobs at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)
- Marcell Jacobs at Olympics.com
- Marcell Jacobs at Olympedia
- 1994 births
- Living people
- Italian male long jumpers
- Italian male sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Athletics competitors of Fiamme Oro
- Italian people of American descent
- American people of Italian descent
- Sportspeople from El Paso, Texas
- Sportspeople from Brescia
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Italy
- Italian Athletics Championships winners
- European Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Italy
- Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field)