Dwight Thomas
Dwight Thomas (born September 23, 1980 in Kingston ) is a Jamaican sprinter and hurdler .
At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney he started over 200 meters , but was eliminated in the quarterfinals. He reached the semi-finals at the 2003 World Championships and the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens over 100 meters .
The following year he was fifth over 100 meters at the World Championships in Helsinki . At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 , he was used in the run-up to the Jamaican 4 x 100 meters relay , but replaced in the final by Usain Bolt , with whom the Jamaican relay won gold.
In 2009 he switched to the 110-meter hurdles and was seventh in this discipline at the World Championships in Berlin . Here, too, he was used in the run-up to the later victorious Jamaican 4 x 100 meter relay.
At the 2011 World Championships in Daegu , he reached the 110-meter hurdle final, but stepped there in a hurdle and could not finish the race.
Personal best
- 60 m (hall): 6.61 s, February 15, 2003, Fayetteville
- 100 m: 10.00 s, 23 August 2005, Linz
- 200 m: 20.32 s, June 10, 2007, Bydgoszcz
- Hall: 21.00 s, February 23, 2002, Blacksburg
- 60 m hurdles (indoor): 7.59 s, March 6, 2004, Budapest
- 110 m hurdles: 13.16 s, August 28, 2009, Zurich
Web links
- Dwight Thomas in the database of World Athletics (English)
- Dwight Thomas in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thomas, Dwight |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | jamaican sprinter and hurdler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kingston (Jamaica) |