Education
Simpson attended Mount Charles Junior school, and Penrice School, before receiving a scholarship to Millfield at the age of 13, and graduated from Saint Mary"s College, Twickenham where she studied English and Media.
Simpson attended Mount Charles Junior school, and Penrice School, before receiving a scholarship to Millfield at the age of 13, and graduated from Saint Mary"s College, Twickenham where she studied English and Media.
She is currently coached by Olympic medallist Mark Rowland. Simpson has starred as an extra in Neighbours, and The Da Vinci Code. She finished 2006, being the fifth fastest British athlete over 800 metres, behind Rebecca Lyne, Susan Scott, Amanda Pritchard and Marilyn Okoro.
After an injury plagued winter, missing many indoor championships and training sessions, Simpson made her major comeback at the British Championships, taking the gold medal, and becoming Britain"s number 1 over 800 m.
She was then selected for the British team for the 800 m at the 2007 World Championships. At the championships, she qualified into the semi-finals, coming second in her heat with a time of 2:00.47 minutes.
In the semi-final she finished sixth with a time of 2:00.48 minutes and failed to qualify for the final. Like Simpson fellow British athletes, Marilyn Okoro and Jenny Meadows both failed at the semi-final stage having finished second in their respective heats.
She finished eighth at the 2007 World Athletics Final.
At the 2009 World Championships Simpson went out at the semi-final stage of the 800m. At the start of the 2010 outdoor season, she set a 1500 m personal best of 4:06.39 at a meeting at Occidental College, in the United States. She also improved her 800m personal best to 1:58.74 at the Diamond League event in Monaco on 22 July 2010.
800 metres - 1:58.74 minimum (2010)
1500 metres - 4:06.39 minimum (2010).