Elaine Sandra-Lee Thompson-Herah OD (

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Thompson; born June 28, 1992) is a Jamaican sprinter who competes in the

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and

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. Regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time, she is a five-time Olympic champion, the fastest woman alive over the 100 m, and the third-fastest ever over 200 m. Thompson-Herah is the first female sprinter in history, and the second sprinter after

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, to win the "sprint double" at consecutive Olympics, capturing 100 m and 200 m gold at the

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and again at the

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. A six-time Olympic medallist, she rose to prominence at the

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, winning a silver in the 200 m. At the Rio Olympics, she became the first woman since

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in 1988 to win 100 m and 200 m gold at the Olympics. After the Rio Olympics, Thompson-Herah was plagued by an

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injury, which affected her performance at the 2017 World Athletics Championships and the

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. However, she returned to the top of

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at the Tokyo Olympics, retaining her 100 m title in a new Olympic record of 10.61 seconds, and her 200 m title in a new personal best and national record of 21.53 s. After winning a third gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay, she became the third sprinter after Griffith-Joyner and Bolt to complete an Olympic sprinting triple. In her first post-Tokyo Olympic race she set another 100 m personal best, Jamaican and

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record of 10.54 s, becoming the first woman to break the 40 km/h barrier, then ran times of 10.64 s and 10.65 s. For her season she was voted Laureus Sportswoman of the Year, and

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World Female Athlete of the Year. One of the most dominant sprinters in the world, she is the 100 m

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champion and a three-time Diamond League winner.

Early life

Thompson is a native of Banana Ground in

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, Jamaica. Running for Christiana High School and later Manchester High School, she was a good but not outstanding scholastic sprinter; her best result at the Jamaican ISSA Grace Kennedy Boys and Girls Championships came in 2009, when she placed fourth in the Class Two

in 12.01 seconds. In 2011, her final year at Manchester High, she was left off the track team for disciplinary reasons.

Athletics career

After high school, Thompson was recruited to the

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by Paul Francis, brother of MVP Track Club head coach Stephen Francis. With MVP coaching, her times started improving steadily. In 2013, she clocked a seasonal best of 11.41s at the Gibson Replays and placed second behind

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at the Jamaican Intercollegiate Championships. At the

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, she won gold in the

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, running the first leg on the Jamaican team as it won in 43.58s. In 2014, Thompson won her first intercollegiate title, placed fifth in 11.26 s at the national championships, and had a seasonal best of 11.17 s. She represented Jamaica at the

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, running in the

heats; Jamaica won their heat in 42.44 s, and went on to win gold in the final with Thompson-Herah not in the line-up.

2015

Thompson made her international breakthrough in 2015. She repeated as Jamaican intercollegiate champion in March and broke 11 seconds for the first time at the UTech Classic on 11 April, running a world-leading 10.92 s. She ran 10.97 s at the

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in Kingston, defeating a field that included

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and

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. At the Pre Classic in Eugene, she was narrowly beaten by

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in the B-race as both were timed in 10.84 s; as of 27 July 2015, this was Thompson's personal best in the 100m and ranked her 30th on the world all-time list. She was expected to run the 100 metres at the Jamaican National Championships, which doubled as trials for the 2015 World Championships in

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; however, her coach Stephen Francis pulled her from that event and instead had her concentrate on the

, in which she had set a personal best of 22.37 s in May. The move generated controversy in Jamaica; Francis stated that Thompson was not ready to double and that she had been prepared for the 200 m in which her main weakness, the start, would not play as large a role. She won the national 200m title in 22.51s, qualifying for the World Championships. At the

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on 25 July, Thompson won a non-scoring

200 m race in 22.10 s, defeating Americans

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and

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; the time was her new personal best and broke

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's meeting record from 1991. At the Beijing World Championships, she won a silver medal, just 0.03 s behind

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of Netherlands. Thompson's time of 21.66 s was faster than the previous championships record but 0.03s slower than Schippers. Fellow Jamaican Veronica Campbell Brown was third in 21.97 s. Heat4Of200mWomenOGRio2016 (cropped)

2016

Thompson kicked off her season indoors running multiple 60m races. At the

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she would go on to win a bronze medal in the 60m final. She would end her indoor season with a 60m personal best of 7.04 seconds. On 1 July, she set a personal best in the 100 m with a time of 10.70 s (tying the Jamaican national record held by

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) winning the event at the Jamaican Championships. She did not advance to the semifinals in the 200 m running only a 23.34 s. However, Thompson was given a medical exemption in the 200m which gave her the opportunity to chase the double in Rio. In the 100m final of the

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, Thompson won the gold medal with a time of 10.71 s, ahead of Tori Bowie (10.83 s), and the

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and

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winner, fellow Jamaican,

(10.86 s). In the 200m final, she won her second gold, clocking 21.78 s; Dafne Schippers placed second in 21.88 s and Tori Bowie third in 22.15 s. She was the first female Jamaican sprinter to win the 100 m and 200 m at one Olympic Games and the seventh overall. She also ran in the national relay team which placed second, thus leaving Rio de Janeiro with three medals. In this season, Thompson took her first

title (100 m) winning four 100 m races, one 200 m race and also a relay race.

2017–2019

On the 18th February, Thompson lined up for the 60m at

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, the final meeting in the

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. She would go on to run a personal best of 6.98s making her at the time the tied 7th fastest woman over

and at the time one of eight to break the 7 second barrier over the distance In April, Thompson was in the team which won a gold medal in the 4 × 200 metres relay at the World Relays, setting competition and national record with a time of 1m 29.04s. From this point on, Thompson would develop an

injury that would continue to plague her over the next few years. This injury would cause sub-par results for the future. She competed in the 100 m at the 2017 London World Championships, placing fifth with at time of 10.98 s. In 2017, she became, for the second time, 100 m

champion winning six 100 m races, one 200 m race, and also a relay race. In 2018 Thompson would go on to compete in the

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where she would finish fourth in the 60m final with a time of 7.08s. In the semifinals she would set a season’s best of 7.07s. Later on in the year Thompson would represent Jamaica at the

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where she would finish fourth in the 200m with a time of 22.30s. She would come back for the 4x100 meters relay final where she would get a silver medal in a time of 42.52 seconds. The following year, Thompson would be a part of Jamaica’s team at the 2019 IAAF World Relays where she received a bronze medal in the 4 × 200 metres relay after running a time of 1:33.21 seconds. She would then go on to race at the

where she won gold over the

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with a time of 11.17 seconds. At the 2019 World Championships in

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, she finished fourth in the 100 m running 10.93 s. Thompson-Herah achieved a time of 22.61 s in the 200 m heats, qualifying for the semifinals, but she did not start due to her

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injury.

2020

In 2020, Thompson-Herah ran seven 100m races and achieved times under 11 seconds in five of them, with a season-best of 10.85 s (10.73s with illegal wind). She won two Diamond League meets which were staged as one-off events due to the

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. In the 200m, her season best was 22.19 s.

2021

In June, at the Jamaican Championships, she placed third in both her disciplines, with times of 10.84 s and 22.02 s respectively, qualifying in the both events for the delayed

. On 6 July, she achieved a time of 10.71 s in the 100 m to defeat Fraser-Pryce and win the Continental Tour's Székesfehérvár Memorial in Hungary with a meet record. It was her fastest time since 2017, and just 0.01 s off her personal best. At the Tokyo Games, 29-year-old Thompson-Herah placed first in the women's 100 metres final, winning a gold medal as fellow Jamaican athletes

and

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received silver and bronze medals, respectively. Running into an 0.6 m/s headwind, she achieved the joint second-fastest time in history of 10.61 seconds, setting both the Jamaican record and the Olympic record, breaking

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's mark of 10.62 s set at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Thompson-Herah ran a top speed of 39.7 km/h, the fastest speed ever achieved by a female sprinter. The previous top speed was from Griffith-Joyner who reached 39.1 km/h in 1988. Competing at her longer distance, she first equalled her personal best of 21.66 s in the semifinals. In the final, she won the gold medal with a new lifetime best of 21.53 seconds, also the then-second-fastest result in history. In addition, she was a part of 4 x 100 m relay team which won the competition in the third-fastest ever time and a new national record to regain a title last won by Jamaica at the

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. In her first post-Olympic race on 21 August, competing at the

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in Eugene, Thompson-Herah stormed to the 100 m victory with a new career best of 10.54 seconds, the second-fastest time in women's history and only 0.05 s off the world record. She became the first woman to break the 40 km/h barrier. At the Lausanne Athletissima meet, she placed second in the event in 10.64 s, behind Fraser-Pryce who powered to her new lifetime best of 10.60 s, recording however, the fastest runner-up time in history. She concluded her very successful season with wins, refreshing meet records at both the

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and

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's final with times of 10.72 s and 10.65 s respectively to take her third Diamond Trophy. As of the end of the season, Thompson-Herah held four records in the all-time top 10 marks women's statistics. She was the first woman to hold more than three marks in the 100 m (four), and the first woman to hold more than two marks in the 200 m (three). She was also the first woman to run more than three legal times under 10.70 seconds (four), and the first woman to achieve more than two legal times under 21.70 seconds (three), respectively. For her history-making season, Thompson-Herah received

' World Female Athlete of the Year award, was named Best Female Athlete of the Year by the International Sports Press Association (529 journalists from 114 countries), Female Athlete of the Year by the

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'', and Jamaican Person of the Year by the Best of Jamaica, among many other accolades.

Personal life

Thompson is married to former sprinter and coach Derron Herah.

Achievements

Personal bests

Progression

As of April 2022, Thompson-Herah has achieved 48 finishes under 11 seconds in the 100 metres.

International competitions

Circuit wins and titles

winner (100m):

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Diamond League champion (100m):

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Diamond League champion (100m):

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(2):

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(200m),

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4 × 100m relay) **

(6):

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(100m),

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(100m),

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(100m), Zürich (200m & 4 × 100m relay),

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(100m) **

(8):

(200m),

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(100m),

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(100m), London (100m), Rabat (100m),

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(100m), Zürich 4 × 100m relay), Brussels (100m) **

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(4): Rome (100m), London (200m & 4 × 100m relay), Paris (100m) **

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(2): Rome (100m), Doha (100m) **

(4): London Grand Prix in Gateshead (200m), Eugene (100m NR), Paris (100m MR), Zürich (100m MR) **

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(2): Eugene (100m), Rabat (100m MR) * World Indoor Tour (60m) **

: Birmingham **

: Birmingham

National titles

* Jamaican Championships ** 100 metres (4): 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 ** 200 metres (2): 2015, 2019

Notes

References

External links

*
2017 Interview
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Early life

Athletics career

2015

2016

2017–2019

2020

2021

Personal life

Achievements

Personal bests

Progression

International competitions

Circuit wins and titles

National titles

See also

Notes

References

External links