Elaine Thompson-Herah

Elaine Thompson-Herah
Thompson-Herah in 2015
Personal information
Born (1992-06-28) 28 June 1992 (age 32)
Manchester, Jamaica[1]
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight56 kg (123 lb)[1]
Website@FastElaine
Sport
CountryJamaica
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)60m, 100m, 200m
College teamUTech
ClubElite Performance Track Club (2023-present) New Era Track Club (2022–2023), MVP Track Club (2012–2021)
Coached byReynaldo Walcott (2023-present)
Shanike Osbourne (2023)
Derron Herah (2021–2023)
Stephen Francis (2012–2021)[2]
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
World finals
  • 2015
  • 200 m,  Silver
  • 4x100 m,  Gold
  • 2017
  • 100 m, 5th
  • 2019
  • 100 m, 4th
  • 2022
  • 100 m,  Bronze
  • 200 m, 7th
  • 4x100 m,  Silver
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Jamaica
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 4×100 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Beijing 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2015 Beijing 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2022 Eugene 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2023 Budapest 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Eugene 100 m
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Portland 60 m
Diamond League
First place 2016 100 m
First place 2017 100 m
First place 2021 100 m
World Athletics Relays
Gold medal – first place 2017 Nassau 4×200 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Yokohama 4×200 m relay
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 100 m
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 200 m
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 4×100 m relay
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima 100 m
CAC Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Morelia 4×100 m relay
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Elaine Thompson-Herah (born 28 June 1992)[3] is a Jamaican sprinter who competes in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres. Regarded as one of the greatest sprinters of all time, she is a five-time Olympic champion, the fastest woman alive in the 100 m, and the second fastest alive in the 200 m.

Thompson-Herah is the first ever female sprinter, and the second sprinter after Usain Bolt, to win the "sprint double" at consecutive Olympics, capturing 100 m and 200 m gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and defending both titles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. A six-time Olympic medallist, she rose to prominence at the 2015 World Athletics Championships, winning silver in the 200 m and, at the time, becoming the fifth fastest woman in history over the distance. The next year at the Rio Olympics, she became the first woman since Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988 to win 100 m and 200 m gold at the Olympics.

After the Rio Olympics, Thompson-Herah was plagued by an Achilles tendon injury, which affected her performance at the 2017 World Athletics Championships and the 2019 World Athletics Championships. However, she returned to the top of athletics at the Tokyo Olympics, retaining her 100 m title in a new Olympic record of 10.61 s, and her 200 m title in a new personal best and national record of 21.53 s. After winning a third gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay, she became the third sprinter after Griffith-Joyner and Bolt to complete an Olympic sprinting triple.

At the 2021 Prefontaine Classic, Thompson-Herah set another 100 m personal best, Jamaican and Diamond League record of 10.54 s, becoming the first woman to break the 40 km/h barrier, then ran times of 10.64 s and 10.65 s. For her season she was voted Laureus Sportswoman of the Year, and World Athletics World Female Athlete of the Year. One of the most dominant sprinters in the world, she is the 100 m 2019 Pan American Games champion and a three-time Diamond League winner. In 2022, retired American sprinter Michael Johnson called Thompson-Herah and her compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce the two greatest female sprinters of all time.[4]

  1. ^ a b "Athletics | Athlete Profile: Elaine Thompson". gc2018.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Queen Elaine ruled in 2021". The Gleaner. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Elaine THOMPSON-HERAH – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. ^ Johnson, Michael (18 July 2022). "Column: 'Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce amazing as 100m final lives up to expectation'". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2023.