Education
University of Leeds.
University of Leeds.
Her personal best jump was 7.11 metres, which was her silver medal result at the 1998 European Championships. She also competed briefly in triple jump, and her career best of 14.65 metres from 1998 was good enough to place fifth in the world that season. May originally competed for Great Britain, but married Gianni Iapichino and became an Italian citizen in 1994.
May gave birth to a daughter in 2002, and missed the whole season as a result.
Her last significant competition to date was the 2005 World Championships, where she failed to reach the final. May attended Leeds Trinity & All Saints College, a college affiliated the University of Leeds, studying economics, business management and administration.
In 2006 she retired from competitions and started a new successful career in show business. Later that year her acting debut was broadcast on Rai Uno as the protagonist of Butta la luna, a miniseries about racism and social integration.
May"s parents are Jamaican.
She is also rugby player Marcel Garvey"s cousin.