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LEJUAN WAYNESLEY SIMON
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| 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)
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| DIED: |
October 1, 2008, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA, from primary pulmonary hypertension. |
| Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit |
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