Kemel Thompson (born September 25, 1974) is a former

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

n athlete who competes in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ...

. His personal best time is 48.05 seconds, achieved in London in 2003. Kemel competed for the

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from 1992–1996 and graduated from Loughborough University's Business School in 2003. He was a member of the Jamaican Olympic Team at the

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and 2004 Summer Olympics.

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* 1974 births Living people Jamaican male hurdlers Olympic athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Alumni of Loughborough University Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Jamaica Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics South Florida Bulls men's track and field athletes University of South Florida olympians University of South Florida alumni 20th-century Jamaican people 21st-century Jamaican people Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub