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Elaine Thompson Biography

Elaine Thompson is one of the most popular and richest Runner who was born on June 28, 1992 in Manchester Parish, Jamaica. Jamaican track and field sprinter who earned double gold medals after winning the 100 and 200 meter events at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She had previously earned gold at the 2015 World Championships in the 4×100 meter relay.

She became the first woman since Florence Griffith Joyner at the 1988 Seoul Olympics to win gold in both the 100 and 200 meter events in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Elaine Thompson-Herah (born 28 June 1992) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter. She rose to prominence at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, completing a rare sprint double to win gold in the 100m (with a time of 10.71 s) and the 200m (21.78 s). The previous Olympian to so do was Florence Griffith Joyner at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics. Thompson currently ranks as the fifth-fastest woman in the 200 metres event and tied fourth-fastest in the 100 metres.

Thompson is a native of Banana Ground in Manchester Parish, Jamaica. 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. In 2011, her final year at Manchester High, she was left off the track team for disciplinary reasons.

She was originally born and raised in Banana Ground, within Manchester Parish, Jamaica.

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At the London Grand Prix on 25 July 2015 Thompson won a non-Diamond League 200 m race in 22.10, defeating Americans Tori Bowie and Candyce McGrone; the time was her new personal best and broke Merlene Ottey’s meeting record from 1991. At the 2015 World Championships held in Beijing, Thompson won the silver medal, behind Dafne Schippers. Thompson’s time of 21.66 was faster than the previous championships record but 0.03 slower than Schippers.

Elaine Thompson Net Worth

Elaine Thompson is one of the richest Runner from Jamaica. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Elaine Thompson's net worth $4 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She ran track at the University of Technology, Jamaica. She won back to back Jamaican intercollegiate championships in 2014 and 2015.

She finished with a silver medal with the Jamaican 4×100 meter relay team at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She earned a bronze medal in the 60 meter sprint at the 2016 World Indoor Championships.

She is the first female Jamaican sprinter to win the 100 metres and 200 metres at one Olympic Games. The previous Olympian to so do was Florence Griffith Joyner competing for the U.S. at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics. Thompson currently ranks as the fifth-fastest woman in the 200 metres event and tied fourth-fastest in the 100 metres.

Thompson 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 22.37 in May. The move generated controversy in Jamaica; Francis stated that Thompson was not ready to double, and that she had been prepared for the 200 m in which her main weakness, the start, would not play as large a role. Thompson won the national 200 m title in 22.51, qualifying for the World Championships.

Thompson made her international breakthrough in 2015. 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. She then ran 10.97 at the Jamaica International Invitational in Kingston, defeating a field that included Blessing Okagbare and Allyson Felix; the win confirmed her new status as one of the world’s leading sprinters. At the Pre Classic in Eugene Thompson was narrowly beaten by English Gardner in the B-race as both were timed in 10.84; as of 27 July 2015, which was Thompson’s personal best in the 100 m and ranked her 30th on the world all-time list.

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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. In 2013, she clocked a season best of 11.41 at the Gibson Relays and placed second behind Carrie Russell at the Jamaican Intercollegiate Championships; at the 2013 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 43.58. In 2014 Thompson won her first intercollegiate title, placed fifth in 11.26 at the national championships and had a season best of 11.17. She represented Jamaica at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, running in the 4 × 100 m relay heats; Jamaica won their heat in 42.44, and went on to win gold in the final with Thompson not in the line-up.

In the 100 metres women’s final in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro she won the gold medal, ahead of Tori Bowie and the 2012 London Summer Olympics winner and fellow country woman Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.

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In the 200 metre woman’s final at the 2016 Olympic Games, Thompson won the gold medal, Dafne Schippers of the Netherlands won the silver medal.

Facts & Trivia

Elaine Ranked on the list of most popular Runner. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Jamaica. Elaine Thompson celebrates birthday on June 28 of every year.

Who is Elaine Thompson-herah husband?

Personal life. Thompson is married to former sprinter and coach Derron Herah.

How old is Elaine Thompson?

30 years (June 28, 1992)

When was Elaine Thompson born?

June 28, 1992 (age 30 years)

Who is derron herah?

Derron Herah, the husband and coach of two-time Olympic double sprint champion Elaine Thompson-Herah, was left disappointed with the extended delay ahead of Friday night’s women’s 100m final at the National Senior and Junior Championships but warned that the sprinting great is in much better shape than her third-place …

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