Kareem Streete-Thompson

Kareem Streete-Thompson
Personal information
Nationality Cayman Islands  United States
Born (1973-03-30) 30 March 1973 (age 51)
Ithaca, New York
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Long jump, 100 metres
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  Cayman Islands
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 2001 Lisbon Long Jump
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Manchester Long Jump
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1999 Winnipeg Long Jump
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Plovdiv Long Jump

Kareem Streete-Thompson (born March 30, 1973) is a Caymanian-American athlete specializing in the long jump and the 100 metres. He was born in Ithaca, New York.

Although born in the United States, he lived his first 18 years in the Cayman Islands. Originally he represented the Cayman Islands, then the United States, and then from 1999 the Cayman Islands again.[1]

Competing for the Rice Owls track and field program, he won two NCAA titles in the long jump.[2]

Two times in the role, he was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 1989 CARIFTA Games and 1990 CARIFTA Games.[3][4]

In the 2004 Summer Olympics, he participated in the 100 metres, achieving a second place and a season's best time in the heat from which he qualified, before exiting the competition in the second round with a fifth-placed finish. In the long jump competition, he did not qualify for the final.

  1. ^ Streete-Thompson, Kareem (13 November 2003), Kareem Streete-Thompson joins Marion Jones' training group in Raleigh, IAAF, retrieved 25 March 2012
  2. ^ "Streete-Thompson to be Inducted into SWC Hall of Fame". Rice University Athletics. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  3. ^ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 2 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved 12 October 2011
  4. ^ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 3 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved 12 October 2011