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Elaine Thompson-Herah

Thompson-Herah at the 2019 Pan American Games

Personal information

Born June 28, 1992 (age 29)

Manchester, Jamaica

1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Height

Weight 57 kg (126 lb)

Sport

Sport Track and Field

Event(s) 60m , 100m , 200m

College team UTech

 Club MVP Track Club

Coached by Stephen Francis

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)  60m: 6.98 (2017)

 100m: 10.61 OR NR (2021)

 200m: 21.53 NR (2021)

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Medal record

Women's athletics
Representing   Jamaica
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 100m
2016 Rio de Janeiro 200m
2020 Tokyo 100m
2020 Tokyo 200m
2020 Tokyo 4 × 100 metres relay
2016 Rio de Janeiro 4 × 100 metres relay
World Championships
2015 Beijing 4 × 100 metres relay
2015 Beijing 200m
Diamond League
2016 100m
2017 100m
World Indoor Championships
2016 Portland 60 metres
World Relays
2017 Nassau 4 × 200 metres relay
2019 Yokohama 4 × 200 metres relay
Commonwealth Games
2014 Glasgow 4 × 100 metres relay
2018 Gold Coast 4 × 100 metres relay
Pan American Games
2019 Lima 100m
CAC Championships
2013 Morelia 4 × 100 metres relay

Elaine Thompson-Herah (née Thompson; born 28 June 1992) is a

Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She is a five-
time Olympic champion, having won gold in both the 100 and 200 metres at
the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and again at the 2020 Summer
Olympics in Tokyo.
In 2021, she set an Olympic and Jamaican national record of 10.61 seconds in the
100 metres at the 2020 Summer Olympics, making her the fastest woman alive
and the second-fastest woman in history. She holds the record for the second-
fastest 200 metres with a time of 21.53 seconds which she set at the Tokyo
Olympics final.
Thompson-Herah began competing internationally in 2013. In 2015 she achieved
her first finish under 11 seconds in the 100 metres, and she ran 21.66 seconds in
the 200 metres. She was the 2019 Pan American Games champion and a two-
time Diamond League winner.

Contents

 1Early life
 2Athletics career
o 2.12015
o 2.22016
o 2.32017–2019
o 2.42020–present
 3Personal life
 4Achievements
o 4.1Personal bests
o 4.2Progression
o 4.3International competitions
o 4.4Circuit wins and titles
 5See also
 6Notes
 7References
 8External links

Early life[edit]
Thompson is a native of Banana Ground in Manchester Parish, Jamaica.[1] Running
for Christiana High School and later Manchester High School, Thompson was a
good but not outstanding scholastic sprinter; her best result at the Jamaican ISSA
Grace Kennedy Boys and Girls Championships came in 2009, when she placed
fourth in the Class Two 100 metres in 12.01 seconds.[2] In 2011, her final year at
Manchester High, she was left off the track team for disciplinary reasons. [1][2]

Athletics career[edit]
After high school, she was recruited to the University of Technology, Jamaica by
Paul Francis, brother of MVP Track Club head coach Stephen Francis. With MVP
coaching, Thompson's times started improving steadily. [2][3]
In 2013, she clocked a seasonal best of 11.41s at the Gibson Replays and placed
second behind Carrie Russell at the Jamaican Intercollegiate Championships. At
the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Morelia, she won gold in
the 4 × 100 metres relay, running the first leg on the Jamaican team as it won in
43.58s.[1][4][5]
In 2014, Thompson won her first intercollegiate title, placed fifth in 11.26s at the
national championships, and had a seasonal best of 11.17s. [2][4] She represented
Jamaica at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, running in the 4 × 100 metres
relay heats; Jamaica won their heat in 42.44s, and went on to win gold in the final
with Thompson-Herah not in the line-up. [4][6]
2015[edit]
Thompson made her international breakthrough in 2015. [7] She repeated as
Jamaican intercollegiate champion in March and broke 11 seconds for the first time
at the UTech Classic on 11 April, running a world-leading 10.92 seconds. [2][8] She
then ran 10.97 seconds at the Jamaica International Invitational in Kingston,
defeating a field that included Blessing Okagbare and Allyson Felix.[7] At the Pre
Classic in Eugene, Thompson was narrowly beaten by English Gardner in the B-
race as both were timed in 10.84 seconds; as of 27 July 2015, this was
Thompson's personal best in the 100m and ranked her 30th on the world all-time
list.[4][9][10]
Thompson-Herah was expected to run the 100 metres at the Jamaican National
Championships, which doubled as trials for the 2015 World
Championships in Beijing; however, her coach Stephen Francis pulled her from
that event and instead had her concentrate on the 200 metres, in which she had
set a personal best of 22.37s in May.[7][11] The move generated controversy in
Jamaica; Francis stated that Thompson-Herah was not ready to double and that
she had been prepared for the 200m in which her main weakness, the start, would
not play as large a role.[12][13] Thompson won the national 200m title in 22.51s,
qualifying for the World Championships.[14]
At the London Grand Prix on 25 July, Thompson-Herah won a non-
scoring Diamond League 200m race in 22.10s, defeating Americans Tori
Bowie and Candyce McGrone; the time was her new personal best and
broke Merlene Ottey's meeting record from 1991.[15][16][17]
At the Beijing World Championships, Thompson-Herah won a silver medal,
behind Dafne Schippers of Netherlands. Thompson's time of 21.66s was faster
than the previous championships record but 0.03s slower than Schippers. Fellow
Jamaican Veronica Campbell Brown was third in 21.97s.[citation needed]
Thompson-Herah at the 2016 Rio Olympics

2016[edit]
On 1 July, Thompson-Herah set a personal best in the 100m with a time of 10.70s,
winning the event at the Jamaican Championships. She did not advance to the
semi-finals in the 200m running only a 23.34s.
In the 100m final of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Thompson-Herah
won the gold medal with a time of 10.71s, ahead of Tori Bowie (10.83s), and
the 2012 London Olympics winner and countrywoman Shelly-Ann Fraser-
Pryce (10.86s).[citation needed]
In the 200m final, she won her second gold, clocking 21.78s; Dafne Schippers
placed second in 21.88s and Tori Bowie third in 22.15s. [18]
She was the first female Jamaican sprinter to win the 100m and 200m at one
Olympic Games and the seventh overall. She also ran in the national 4x100m relay
team which placed second, thus leaving Rio de Janeiro with three medals.
2017–2019[edit]
In 2017, Thompson-Herah was in the team which won a gold medal in the 4 × 200
metres relay at the World Relays, setting competition and national record with a
time of 1:29.04.
She competed in the 100m at the 2017 London World Championships, placing 5th
with 10.98s.
At the 2019 World Championships in Doha, she finished 4th in the 100m running
10.93s. Thompson-Herah achieved 22.61s in the 200m heats qualifying for the
semi-finals in which she did not start due to Achilles tendon injury.[19]
2020–present[edit]
In 2020, Thompson-Herah ran seven 100m races clocking five sub-11s times, with
a seasons-best of 10.85s (10.73s with illegal wind). She won two Diamond League
meets, which were staged in 2020 as one-off events due to the COVID-19
pandemic. In the 200m, her season-best was 22.19s.
In June 2021, at the Jamaican Championships, she placed third in her two
signature events with 10.84s and 22.02s respectively, qualifying in both for the
delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. On 6 July, she achieved 10.71s in the 100m, her
fastest time since 2017 and 0.01s off her PB, to defeat Fraser-Pryce’s 10.82s and
win the Continental Tour's Székesfehérvár Memorial in Hungary, setting a meet
record. Marie-Josée Ta Lou was third in 10.86s.[20]
At the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, Thompson-Herah placed first in the women's 100
metres final, winning the gold medal as fellow Jamaican athletes Shelly-Ann
Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson received the silver and bronze medals,
respectively. She achieved the equal second-fastest time in history, with an
Olympic record of 10.61 seconds, breaking Florence Griffith-Joyner's Olympic
record of 10.62 s set in 1988; which makes her the fastest woman alive. [21]
Competing in the 200 metres, she first equalled her PB of 21.66s in the semi-finals.
In the final, she won the gold medal with a personal best time of 21.53. [22]

Personal life[edit]
Thompson is married to former athlete and coach Derron Herah. [23]

Achievements[edit]
Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[24]
Personal bests[edit]
Time
Event Wind Venue Date Notes
(s)

60 Kingston, 28 January
7.02 +1.7m/s
metres outdoor Jamaica 2017

WL OR NR 2nd all-
100 metres 10.61 -0.6m/s Tokyo, Japan 31 July 2021
time[25]

200 metres 21.53 +0.8m/s Tokyo, Japan 3 August 2021 WL NR 2nd all-