In 2016, Jacobs won the Italian Athletics Championships in long jump. He cited that reconciling with his father gave him the motivation and peace of mind he needed to focus on winning in the Olympics. Jacobs had been estranged from his father since he was an infant however, in 2020, he reestablished a relationship with him at the suggestion of his mental coach. Īlthough Jacobs was born in the United States, he strictly identifies as being Italian. Jacobs has another son, born from a previous relationship when Jacobs was nineteen. Jacobs lives in Rome with his wife, Nicole Daza, and their two children. He preferred sprinting until he discovered the long jump in 2011. When Jacobs was ten, he began competing in athletics. He started out playing basketball and football, where his football coach, Adriano Bertazzi, took notice of his speed and suggested that Jacobs try sprinting. His parents split when he was six months old. When he was three weeks old, his father was transferred to South Korea, and Jacobs moved to Desenzano del Garda, in Lombardy, Italy, with his mother. His parents married and relocated to Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas.
His father was 18 and his mother was 16 at the time. His parents met when his father was a United States Army soldier serving at Caserma Ederle in Vicenza, Italy. Jacobs is the son of Viviana Masini, an Italian woman, and Lamont Marcell Jacobs Sr., an African American serviceman. He currently holds the 100 metres European record, the 60 metres European record, and is the first Italian to ever qualify for and win the men's 100 metres Olympic final. He is the 2020 Olympic 100 metres champion, the 2022 60 metres world champion, the 2022 European 100 metres champion, and a member of the gold medal-winning 4 × 100 m relay team at the 2020 Olympics. (born 26 September 1994) is an Italian track and field sprinter and former long jumper.
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