Judy Simpson

Judy Simpson
Personal information
BornJudith Earline Veronica Livermore
(1960-11-14) 14 November 1960
Kingston, Jamaica
Sport
SportHeptathlon and 100m hurdles
ClubRugby & District AC, Rugby
Birchfield Harriers
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
1986 Edinburgh Heptathlon
1982 Brisbane Heptathlon
1990 Auckland Heptathlon
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
1986 Stuttgart Heptathlon
World Student Games (Universiade)
1983 Edmonton Heptathlon
1985 Kobe Heptathlon

Judith Earline Veronica Simpson (née Livermore; born 14 November 1960) is a British former heptathlete who competed at three Olympic Games and one World Athletics Championships, with a highest Olympic finish of fifth in the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.

She was the 1986 Commonwealth Games champion in heptathlon, and won further medals at two more Commonwealth Games, the European Athletics Championships and the World Student Games, now knows as the Universiade.

Following her retirement from athletics, she went on to appear as Nightshade in the TV show Gladiators between 1993 and 1996.