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Marcell Jacobs
Jacobs in 2020
Personal information
Full nameLamont Marcell Jacobs Jr.
National teamItaly (2016–)[1]
Born (1994-09-26) 26 September 1994 (age 29)
El Paso, Texas, United States
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight79 kg (174 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long jump
Sprinting
ClubG.S. Fiamme Oro
Coached byPaolo Camossi
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 60 m: 6.47 s (2021)
  • 100 m: 9.80 s AR (2021)
  • 200 m: 20.61 s (2018)
  • Long jump: 8.07 m (i) (2017)
Medal record
Men's track and field
Representing  Italy
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 100 m
World Relays
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chorzów 4×100 m relay
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Toruń 60 m
European Team Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Bydgoszcz 100 m

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 3 weeks 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

Personal bests

Event Mark Wind (m/s) Venue Date Notes
60 m 6.47 s — Poland Toruń 6 March 2021 Indoor, WL, NR
100 m 9.80 s +0.1 Japan Tokyo 1 Aug 2021 AR, NR
200 m 20.61 s +0.2 Italy Campi Bisenzio 6 May 2018
Long jump 8.07 m — Tunisia Tunis 4 February 2017 Indoor
8.48 m +2.8 Italy Bressanone 10 June 2016 Wind-assisted

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Performance Notes
2016 Mediterranean U23 Championships Tunisia Tunis 1st Long jump 7.95 m PB
European Championships Netherlands Amsterdam 11th Long jump 7.59 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Serbia Belgrade Qual. Long jump 7.70 m
2018 European Championships Germany Berlin SF 100 m 10.28
2019 IAAF World Relays Japan Yokohama DNF 4×100 m relay no time
European Team Championships (SL) Poland Bydgoszcz 2nd 100 m 10.39
European Indoor Championships United Kingdom Glasgow Qual. Long jump N.M.
World Championships Qatar Doha SF 100 m 10.20
SF 4×100 m relay 38.11 NR
2021 European Indoor Championships Poland Toruń 1st 60 m 6.47 WL, NR
World Relays Poland Chorzów 2nd 4×100 m relay 39.21 [13]
Olympic Games Japan Tokyo 1st 100 m 9.80 AR

Other meetings

Year Competition Venue Position Event Performance Notes
2020 International Triveneto meeting Italy Trieste 1st 100 m 10.10
2021 International Savona meeting Italy Savona 1st 100 m 9.95 NR
BAUHAUS-galan Sweden Stockholm 2nd 100 m 10.05
Herculis Monaco Montecarlo 3rd 100 m 9.99

National titles

Jacobs won seven national championships at individual senior level.[14][15]

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]

Jacobs has stated that he identifies as "100% Italian".[17] Jacobs acquired Italian citizenship in 2010 and began representing his country in 2012 when he was 18 years old.[18] In 2015 he relinquished his American citizenship.[19]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Marcell Jacobs Bioografia". fidal.it (in Italian). Italian Athletics Federation. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Senior Outdoor 2020/21 - 60 Metres Men". worldathletics.org. World Athletics. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  3. ^ {{Cite web|date=2021-05-15|title=«https://brescia.corriere.it/notizie/cronaca/21_marzo_09/mamma-garda-radici-jacobs-3714ff1a-80c8-11eb-b4d9-f9ad19747109.shtml
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "SENIOR INDOOR 2017 - TRIPLE JUMP MEN". iaaf.org. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  7. ^ "Atletica, Jacobs vola: 8.48 ventoso" (in Italian). gazzetta.it. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  8. ^ "Jacobs, ancora un lampo: 10.12 a Campi Bisenzio!" (in Italian). fidal.it.it. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Athletics - Final Results". olympics.com. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  10. ^ "Athletics-Italian Jacobs wins men's 100m gold at Tokyo Olympics". Reuters. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  11. ^ "JACOBS ORO nei 60, con un gran 6"47" (in Italian). raisport.rai.it. 6 March 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Doha: doppia 4x100 da record, azzurre in finale" (in Italian). fidal.it. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Results 4 x 100 Metres Relay Men - Final" (PDF). worldathletics.org. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  14. ^ "CAMPIONATI "ASSOLUTI" – UOMINI TUTTI I CAMPIONI – 1906-2016" (PDF). sportolimpico.it. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Dal Molin record italiano 13.27, Jacobs 10.01!" (in Italian). fidal.it. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ 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%{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  18. ^ Gold for a hundred for a European after 41 years. It is taken by Italian Jacobs – Summer Olympics 2020 (Tokyo)
  19. ^ https://www.zazoom.it/2021-08-02/ma-quale-ius-soli-giu-le-mani-da-marcel-jacobs-italiano-doro-che-ha-rifiutato-la-cittadinanza-americana/9218038/
Records
Preceded by Men's 100 metres European record holder
1 August 2021 – present 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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