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Simone Forbes
Simone Nagina Forbes (born 20 June 1981) is a Jamaican sportswoman, having represented Jamaica in no less than five sports, including netball, volleyball, basketball, football and softball.[1] Forbes played netball with Jamaica U21 in 1998, before making her debut with the Jamaica national netball team the following year.[2] She continued with the national team, winning bronze medals at two Netball World Championships (2003 and 2007) and at the 2002 Commonwealth Games; she also won a silver medal at the inaugural 2009 World Netball Series, followed by another bronze in 2010 World Netball Series.[3] Despite taking a short break away from the sport following the World Series,[4] Forbes remained captain of the Sunshine Girls, and was selected as flag bearer for Jamaica at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.[5] As of 2010 Forbes is playing domestic netball for Waulgrovians.[6] In volleyball, she earned a sports scholarship to Mercy College, New York in 2004. In 2005 Forbes made her debut for the Jamaica women's national volleyball team,[1] and graduated from Mercy College the following year.[7] In 2011, Forbes tested positive for the banned substance Clomiphene – 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 2011 Netball World Championships in Singapore.[8] Awards
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