Simone Nagina Forbes (born 20 June 1981) is a

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n sportswoman, having represented Jamaica in no less than five sports, including

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, football and

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. Forbes played netball with Jamaica U21 in 1998, before making her debut with the

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the following year. She continued with the national team, winning bronze medals at two

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(

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and

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) and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games; she also won a silver medal at the inaugural

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, followed by another bronze in 2010 World Netball Series. Despite taking a short break away from the sport following the World Series, Forbes remained captain of the Sunshine Girls, and was selected as flag bearer for Jamaica at the

2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games (Hindi: 2010 राष्ट्रमण्डल खेल), officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Delhi 2010, was an international multi-sport event that was held in Delhi, India, f ...

in Delhi. As of 2010 Forbes is playing domestic netball for Waulgrovians. In volleyball, she earned a sports scholarship to

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, New York in 2004. In 2005 Forbes made her debut for the

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, and graduated from Mercy College the following year. In 2011, Forbes tested positive for the banned substance

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– frequently used by athletes taking steroids, but also commonly used in fertility treatments – during an out-of-competition drug test. She was subsequently banned for three months by the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission from playing netball; the ban was to end after the

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in Singapore.

Awards

*Prime Minister's National Youth Award for Excellence in the Field of Sports - 2005 *International Student Athlete of the Year - 2003 *GC Foster College Sportswoman of the Year - 2002 *Carreras Sports Foundation Special Award for Netball - 2002

References

External links

2009 World Sevens roster
with biographical information on Simone Forbes. Jamaican netball players Jamaican women's volleyball players Jamaican women's basketball players Mercy College (New York) alumni Jamaican women's footballers Softball players Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica Netball players at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Netball players at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Netball players at the 2010 Commonwealth Games 1981 births Living people Jamaican sportspeople in doping cases Commonwealth Games medallists in netball Women's association football players not categorized by position 2003 World Netball Championships players 2007 World Netball Championships players 20th-century Jamaican women 21st-century Jamaican women Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{Jamaica-netball-bio-stub