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Kareem Streete-Thompson (born March 30, 1973) is a
Caymanian Caymanians are the status holders or born citizens of the Cayman Islands. As a British Overseas Territory, citizens of the Cayman Islands will hold British Overseas Territories Citizenship. There is no record of a native people to the Cayman I ...
-American athlete specializing in the
long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...
and the
100 metres The 100 metres, or 100-meter dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, the dash is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been conteste ...
. He was born in
Ithaca Ithaca most commonly refers to: *Homer's Ithaca, an island featured in Homer's ''Odyssey'' *Ithaca (island), an island in Greece, possibly Homer's Ithaca *Ithaca, New York, a city, and home of Cornell University and Ithaca College Ithaca, Ithaka ...
, New York. Although born in the United States, he lived his first 18 years in the Cayman Islands. Originally he represented the Cayman Islands, then the United States, and then from 1999 the Cayman Islands again. Two times in the role, he was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the
1989 CARIFTA Games The 18th CARIFTA Games was held in Bridgetown, Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an a ...
and 1990 CARIFTA Games. In the 2004 Summer Olympics, he participated in the 100 metres, achieving a second place and a season's best time in the heat from which he qualified, before exiting the competition in the second round with a fifth-placed finish. In the long jump competition, he did not qualify for the final.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Streete Thompson, Kareem 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Ithaca, New York Track and field athletes from New York (state) American male long jumpers Caymanian long jumpers Caymanian male sprinters American male sprinters African-American male track and field athletes Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Cayman Islands Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the Cayman Islands Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for the Cayman Islands Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics American emigrants to the Cayman Islands World Athletics Championships athletes for the Cayman Islands World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Goodwill Games medalists in athletics Universiade gold medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1993 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 1994 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American sportspeople