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Elaine Thompson

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Elaine Sandra-Lee Thompson-Herah (born 28 June 1992) 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 third fastest ever 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elaine Thompson is the 1,378th most popular athlete (up from 2,590th in 2019), the 49th most popular biography from Jamaica (up from 79th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Jamaican Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Elaine Thompson ranks 1,378 out of 6,025. Before her are Kurt Helmudt, Zdravka Yordanova, Edward Stevens, Christine Stückelberger, Bob Richards, and Mirko Sandić. After her are Károly Wieland, Paula Marosi, Karl Johan Svensson, Per-Erik Hedlund, David Rigert, and Tadeusz Ślusarski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1992, Elaine Thompson ranks 63. Before her are Stefan de Vrij, Demet Özdemir, Alex Telles, Joji, Takamasa Yamazaki, and Ricardo Rodríguez. After her are Ahmed Musa, Alberto Moreno, Nicolás Tagliafico, Mathew Ryan, Nick Jonas, and Mohamed Elneny.

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In Jamaica

Among people born in Jamaica, Elaine Thompson ranks 49 out of 189. Before her are Monty Alexander (1944), Damian Marley (1978), Michael Manley (1924), King Tubby (1941), Don Quarrie (1951), and Carl Douglas (1942). After her are Leonard Howell (1898), Gregory Isaacs (1951), Asafa Powell (1982), Errol Brown (1948), Claude McKay (1889), and Louise Bennett-Coverley (1919).

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Among ATHLETES In Jamaica

Among athletes born in Jamaica, Elaine Thompson ranks 10. Before her are George Kerr (1937), Merlene Ottey (1960), Veronica Campbell-Brown (1982), Carol (null), Lennox Miller (1946), and Don Quarrie (1951). After her are Asafa Powell (1982), Arthur Wint (1920), Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (1986), Donovan Bailey (1967), Keith Gardner (1929), and Herb McKenley (1922).

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