Richard Thompson (athlete)

Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson at the Fanny Blankers Koen Games 2014 in Hengelo
nation	Trinidad and Tobago
birthday	June 7, 1985
place of birth	Port of Spain ,  Trinidad and Tobago
size	188 cm
Weight	80 kg
Career
discipline	sprint
Best performance	9.82 s ( 100 m ) 20.18 s ( 200 m )
society	LSU Tigers ( Louisiana State University )
status	active
Medal table
Olympic games 1 × 2 × 0 × World championships 0 × 1 × 0 × North and Central American Championships 1 × 0 × 1 × Central American and Caribbean Championships 1 × 0 × 0 × Commonwealth Games 0 × 0 × 1 ×
Olympic games gold Beijing 2008 4 × 100 m silver Beijing 2008 100 m silver London 2012 4 × 100 m World championships silver Berlin 2009 4 × 100 m North and Central American Championships gold San Salvador 2007 100 m bronze San Salvador 2007 4 × 100 m Central American and Caribbean Championships gold Cali 2008 4 × 100 m Commonwealth Games gold Glasgow 2014 4 × 100 m
last change: November 22, 2017

Richard Thompson (born June 7, 1985 in Port of Spain ) is a sprinter from Trinidad and Tobago . He is a two-time Olympic athlete (2008, 2012).

Career

In 2004 Richard Thompson left his home and enrolled at Louisiana State University , for whose sports team he was successful in the following years. In 2007 he started in the 100-meter run of the World Championships in Osaka , but was eliminated in the quarter-finals.

Olympic Games 2008

In 2008 he won the NCAA championships indoors over 60 meters and outdoors over 100 meters.
At the Olympic Games in Beijing , he won the silver medal over 100 meters in his personal best of 9.89 s. With the 4 x 100 meter relay, he finished second behind Jamaica in a time of 38.06 s, and because of their subsequent disqualification, the relay has been ranked first in front of Japan's relay since 2017. At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin , Thompson was fifth, with the relay he won the silver medal.

In 2011 he improved his 100 meter best time to 9.85 s. At the World Championships in Daegu , however, he was eliminated in the semifinals, with the relay he finished sixth.

Olympic Games 2012

As part of the 2012 Olympic Games in London , Thompson reached the final in the 100-meter run. With 9.98 s, he finished seventh. He was more successful with the relay, with which he won the bronze medal. Due to a positive doping test at Tyson Gay , the relay was subsequently awarded the silver medal in May 2015.

Web links

Commons : Richard Thompson  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Athletes portrait on the website of the IAAF (English)
• Athlete portrait on the Louisiana State University sports team
• Richard Thompson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ US season loses silver medal , sport1.de from May 14, 2015.