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{{Short description|American middle-distance runner}}
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{{Medal|Silver | [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|1997 Athens]] |1500 m}}
{{Medal|Silver | [[1999 World Championships in Athletics|1999 Seville]] |1500 m}}
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'''Regina Jacobs''' (born August 28, 1963 in [[Los Angeles]]) is an American former [[middle-distance runner]] from [[Los Angeles]]. She had an extended career that included two [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics]] silver medals and an indoor world championship at the age of 39.  Three months later, her career ended after winning what would have been a fifth straight [[USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships|National Championship in the 1500 meters]] when she was disqualified and banned for doping related to the [[BALCO scandal]].

==Track & field career==
Jacobs was an [[All-America]]n runner for the [[Stanford Cardinal track and field]] team, finishing 4th in the 800 m at the [[1982 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships]] and 6th in the 1500 m at the 1985 championships.<ref name="1500 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships">{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=2&series=3369&event=8 |title=1500 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships |website=[[USTFCCCA]] |access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref><ref name="800 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships">{{cite web |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/records-lists/meet-history-by-event?gender=2&series=3369&event=6 |title=800 meters at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships |website=[[USTFCCCA]] |access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref> After graduating from Stanford, Jacobs represented the US in three consecutive [[Summer Olympics]] starting in [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] in [[Seoul, South Korea]].<ref name="si">{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/writers/mike_fish/11/25/hamilton/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031207173243/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/writers/mike_fish/11/25/hamilton/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 7, 2003|title=Second guessing|last=Fish|first=Mike|date=November 25, 2003|work=SI.com|access-date=2009-02-03}}</ref>

Jacobs took second place in the 1500 m race at the [[1997 World Championships in Athletics|6th World Championships in Athletics]] in [[Athens]] (4:04.63) in 1997, and again won the silver medal in the 1500 m at the World Championships in [[Sevilla]] in 1999 (4:00.35). In her years of running she won 25 national titles. On February 1, 2003, Jacobs set a world record in the indoor 1500 m with a time of 3:59.98, becoming the first woman to break 4 minutes in the event. Months later, she was officially banned for doping but her American record technically stood until March 2, 2025, when [[Heather MacLean (runner)|Heather MacLean]] ran 3:59.60 to set a new American record.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://branchsportstech.com/2014_Meets/indoor/02-21-USATF/Result-Track.php?EN=5&RN=1&ST=Official&D=3#tab3|title=USATF Indoor Championships|website=branchsportstech.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=LetsRun.com |date=2025-03-03 |title=Heather MacLean Breaks American Indoor Record at 1500m (3:59.60) |url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2025/03/heather-maclean-breaks-american-indoor-record-at-1500m-359-60/ |access-date=2025-03-03 |website=LetsRun.com |language=en}}</ref>

In her final years of competition, she was coached by her husband, Tom Craig.<ref name=Craig/>

In 2003, she retired after she tested positive for [[Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative|BALCO]]'s 'designer' steroid [[Tetrahydrogestrinone|THG]] and was suspended from competing in track & field for four years by the [[United States Anti-Doping Agency]].

==Real estate career==

Following her ban and subsequent retirement, Jacobs became a real estate agent in the [[Oakland, California]], area. She earned an MBA from the [[University of California, Berkeley]]. She currently works for The Grubb Co. Realtors, with her husband on her team.<ref name=Craig>{{Cite web|url=http://www.grubbco.com/agent-detail/Regina-Jacobs/123924/|title= Regina Jacobs Real Estate Associate in Oakland California|work= The Grubb Company|access-date=2016-07-18}}</ref>

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== External links ==
*{{World Athletics}}
*{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/regina-jacobs-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033527/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/regina-jacobs-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Regina Jacobs}}
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/athletics/3723213.stm Jacobs handed ban] from [[BBC]]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060314010519/http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/3/3_2/1044.shtml Regina Jacobs Sets 1500M World Record] from Cool Running
*[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9405E3D71431F937A15753C1A9659C8B63 Steroid Is Reportedly Found In Top Runner's Urine Test] from ''[[The New York Times]]''

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