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Lamont Marcell Jacobs Jr. (born 26 September 1994) is an Italian track and field sprinter and former long jumper. He is the 2020 Olympic 100 metres champion , the 2022 60 metres world champion , the 2022 and 2024 European 100 metres champion , and a member of the gold medal-winning 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2020 Olympics .
B. F. 1215. Lamont Marcell JACOBS, Italy - 60 Metres, 100 Metres, 4x100 Metres Relay.
Jun 4, 2024 · ROME (AP) — Hardly anyone outside of Italy had heard of Marcell Jacobs before he succeeded Usain Bolt as the Olympic 100 meter champion in Tokyo. Three injury-filled years have passed, and the Texas-born Italian is almost as big of a mystery now as he was then.
Aug 1, 2021 · Lamont Marcell Jacobs achieved a top speed of 26.76 miles per hour to finish the 100-meter race in 9.80 seconds, 0.22 seconds off Usain Bolt’s world record set in 2009.
When successors to Usain Bolt as Olympic 100m champion were being assessed, very few would have considered Italy's Marcell Jacobs. But he upset the odds to scorch to victory in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium, winning in a new European record of 9.80.
Aug 1, 2021 · Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs set a new European record as he claimed a shock victory in the men’s 100m at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Italy’s Lamont Marcell Jacobs became the fastest man in the world when he won gold in the men’s 100m final at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. Jacobs time of 9.80 seconds was a new European...
