Obadele Thompson was born the 30rd of July of 1976 In St Michael. He is 1, 75 m. tall and weighs 67 kgs.He studied Business Administration at the University of El Texas, El Paso and in 1994 he broke the world junior's record of 100 m with 10" 08..
Personal Bests: 100 m. (' 87 (1998), 200 m.: 19" 97 (2000),
Progression at 100 m., 200 m.: 1991: 10.81/10.5w - 22.26, 1992: 10.59w - 21.61, 1993: 10.71/10.30w - 21.18, 1994: 10.08A/10.0 - 20.71, 1995: 10.18 - 20.49A/20.57, 1996: 10.07A/9.69wA - 20.14, 1997: 10.09 - 20.03, 1998: 9.87A/10.00 - 20.38/20.17w, 1999: 9.96 - 20.09, 2000: 9.97 - 19.97, 2001: 10.03 -
Career
Highlights:
1994:
World Juniors Championships, 4th place (100 m.)
1995:
World University Games, silver medal (100 m.)
1996:
Olympic Games, semifinals (100 m.)
1997:
World
Championships, semifinals (100 m.) and 6th place (200 m.), IAAF GP 200
m., NCAA Champion (100 m. and 200 m.)
1998:
Commonwealth
Games, bronze medal (100 m.), Central American Champion (100 m.), World
Cup, gold medal, IAAF GP, second place (100 m.)
1999:
World
Championships,4th place (100 m.) and 4th place (200 m.), World Indoor Championships,
silver medal
2000:
Olympic Games, bronze medal (100 m.) and fourth place (200 m.)