LEJUAN   WAYNESLEY   SIMON

DATE OF BIRTH: February 7, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH: Houston, Texas, USA
EDUCATION:
  • Klein Forest High School, Houston, Texas, USA
  • Barton County Community College, Kansas, USA
  • Louisiana State University, Louisiana, USA
  • OLYMPIC EVENT: Athletics:
  • Triple Jump
  • CAREER:                           Born in the USA to a father from Trinidad, Simon elected to run for Trinidad & Tobago in the 2004 Olympics. His career includes the following significant accomplishments:
    • 2004 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships - (1st, 17.05 meters)
    • 2004 Olympics, Athens, Greece - Triple Jump (36th, 16.16 meters)
    • 2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne, Australia - Long Jump (7.42 meters); Triple Jump (Final, 5th, 16.59 meters)
    • 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, Cartagena de Indias, Columbia - Triple Jump (4th, 16.33 meters); Long Jump (7th, 7.34 meters)
    • 2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Long Jump (17th, 7.04 meters); Triple Jump (No mark)
    DIED: October 1, 2008, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, from primary pulmonary hypertension.
    Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit