Obadele Thompson

Obadele Thompson (born March 30, 1976) is a sprint athlete from Barbados. In 2000, he became the first Olympic medalist from Barbados. He won a bronze medal in the 100m race.

Obadele Thompson

His fastest legal time in the 100 m is 9.87. He ran his personal best in the 200 m at 19.97 in 2000.

Biography

Born in Saint Michael, Thompson attended Harrison College. He then went to the University of Texas at El Paso, United States.

On February 21, 2007 Thompson announced his engagement to Marion Jones, then pregnant. The marriage took place on February 24, 2007 in North Carolina.^[1] Their first child together, son Amir, was born in July 2007. A daughter, Eva-Marie, was born in June 2009.^[2][3]

Personal bests

Event	Venue	Time	Date
55 m	U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs	5.99	February 22, 1997
60m	Fairfax, Virginia	6.56	February 19, 1999
100 m	Johannesburg, South Africa	9.87	September 11, 1998
200 m	Yokohama, Japan	19.97	September 9, 2000
400 m	El Paso, Texas	45.38	March 30, 1996

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Barbados
1991	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	1st	100 m	10.5   (2.6 m/s) w
			3rd	200 m	22.26
1992	CARIFTA Games (U-17)	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	100 m	10.59 w
			2nd	200 m	21.61
	CARIFTA Games (U-20)		2nd	4x100 m relay	41.84
1993	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Fort-de-France, Martinique	1st	100 m	10.71   (-0.9 m/s)
			2nd	200 m	21.42   (-0.3 m/s)
			3rd	4x100 m relay	42.47
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	1st	100 m	10.30 w
	Pan American Junior Championships	Winnipeg, Canada	3rd	100m	10.76
			2nd	200m	21.18 w
1994	CARIFTA Games (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	100 m	10.33
			1st	200 m	20.71
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships	Port of Spain, Trinidad	1st	100m	10.0   (-0.3 m/s)
			1st	200m	21.1   (-0.2 m/s)
	World Junior Championships	Lisbon, Portugal	4th	100m	10.29   (1.2 m/s)
			5th (sf)	200 m	21.28   (1.9 m/s)
1995	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Guatemala City, Guatemala	1st	100 m	10.18 A
			1st	200 m	20.49 A CR
	Universiade	Fukuoka, Japan	2nd	100 m	10.34   (1.3 m/s)
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th (qf)	100 m	10.30   (-0.5 m/s)
			7th (sf)	200 m	20.66   (-0.9 m/s)
1996	NCAA Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, Indiana	1st	200m
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, Georgia	6th (sf)	100	10.16   (-0.5 m/s)
			4th	200m	20.14   (0.4 m/s)
1997	NCAA Indoor Championships	Indianapolis, Indiana	1st	200m
	NCAA Outdoor Championships	Bloomington, Indiana	1st	100 m
			1st	200 m
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	6th (sf)	100 m	10.30   (-0.8 m/s)
			6th	200m	20.37   (2.3 m/s) w
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Fukuoka, Japan	2nd	200 m	20.19   (0.3 m/s)
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd	100m	10.00
	IAAF World Cup	Johannesburg, South Africa	1st	100 m	9.87   (-0.2 m/s) NR
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Moscow, Russia	2nd	100 m	10.11   (0.1 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Maracaibo, Venezuela	1st	100 m	10.20
1999	IAAF World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	2nd	200 m	20.26
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	100 m	10.23
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	4th	100 m	10.00   (0.2 m/s)
			4th	200 m	20.23   (1.2 m/s)
	IAAF Grand Prix Final	Munich, Germany	4th	200 m	20.21   (-0.8 m/s)
2000	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	3rd	100 m	10.04   (-0.3 m/s)
			4th	200 m	20.20   (-0.6 m/s)
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	5th (sf)	100 m	10.31   (-1.7 m/s)
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, England	DNS (qf)	100 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	4th (qf)	100 m	10.14   (0.6 m/s)
2004	Summer Olympics	Athens, Greece	7th	100 m	10.10   (0.6 m/s)
2005	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	4th	200m	20.53   (1.8 m/s)
	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	6th (qf)	100 m	10.34   (-1.0 m/s)
			DNS (h)	200 m