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Nationality | Cayman Islands United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Ithaca, New York | 30 March 1973||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Long jump, 100 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.