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 Italian sprinter and long jumper. He won the 60 metres title during the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships. On 1 August 2021, Jacobs set a new 100 metres European record with a time of 9.80 at the 2020 Olympics, winning the gold medal in the process. He was the first Italian to win the 100 m Olympic title.
Jacobs closed the 2020–21 indoor season as World Leader at 60 metres.[2]
Early life
Jacobs is the son of an Italian mother and an African American father. His father was a United States Army soldier serving at Caserma Ederle in Italy. Jacobs was born in El Paso, Texas, where he spent the first eighteen months of his life.[3] When his father was transferred to South Korea, Jacobs 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.
Athletic career
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 (now World Athletics) world leading list at the end of the 2017 indoor season.[6] At the 2016 Italian U23 Championships he jumped 8.48 m, the best performance for an Italian, although this result was not recognized as a national record due to a 2.8 m/s tailwind (the allowable maximum for any record performance is 2.0 m/s).[7][8]
On 13 May 2021, in Savona, Italy, he set the Italian record in the 100 metres with a time of 9.95 s,[9] 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.
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.[10]
Statistics
National records
- 60 metres: 6.47, Toruń, 6 March 2021.[11] Current holder.
- 100 metres: 9.80, Tokyo, 1 August 2021.[9] 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[12]
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 | ||
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 | |
European Team Championships (SL) | Bydgoszcz | 2nd | 100 m | 10.39 | ||
European Indoor Championships | Glasgow | Qual. | Long jump | N.M. | ||
World Championships | Doha | SF | 100 m | 10.20 | ||
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 | [13] | |
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.[14][15]
- 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)
Personal life
Jacobs lives in Rome,[5] with his partner Nicole and their two children, Anthony (born 2019) and Megan (born 2021). Jacobs has a son, Jeremy (born 2013), from a previous relationship.[16]
Despite his American birth, Jacobs has stated that he identifies as "italiano al 100%."[17]
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)
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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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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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)