Kareem Streete-Thompson

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Kareem Streete-Thompson
Personal information
NationalityFlag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (1973-03-30) 30 March 1973 (age 50)
Ithaca, New York
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Long jump, 100 metres
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Lisbon Long Jump
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Manchester Long Jump
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1999 Winnipeg Long Jump
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 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]

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. [2] [3]

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.

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
1987 CARIFTA Games (U-17) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago1stLong jump6.91 m
1988 CARIFTA Games (U-17) Kingston, Jamaica 1stLong jump7.06 m
World Junior Championships Sudbury, Canada 47th (h)100m 11.30 (-1.0 m/s)
24th (q)Long jump 6.84 m (-0.6 m/s)
1989 CARIFTA Games (U-17) Bridgetown, Barbados2nd100 m10.88
3rd200 m21.9
1stLong jump7.83 m
1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 29th (qf)100 m 10.89
11thLong jump 7.53 m
CARIFTA Games (U-20) Kingston, Jamaica 1stLong jump7.94 m
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) Havana, Cuba4th200 m22.41 (-0.9 m/s)
1stLong jump7.97 m (0.3 m/s)
World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria3rdLong jump 7.94 m (-0.2 m/s)
1991 Universiade Sheffield, United Kingdom (q) Long jump 7.50 m
World Championships Tokyo, Japan38th (q) Long jump 6.99 m (+0.3 m/s)
1992 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) Tegucigalpa, Honduras2nd100 m10.6 (0.0 m/s)
1stLong jump7.57 m
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain46th (h) 100 m 10.78 (-2.2 m/s)
38th (q) Long jump 7.39 m (-0.5 m/s)
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
1993 Universiade Buffalo, United States1st Long jump 8.22 m (w)
1994 Goodwill Games St. Petersburg, Russia3rd Long jump 8.29 m
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden14th Long jump 7.43 m (-2.1 m/s)
Representing Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg  Cayman Islands
1999 Pan American Games Winnipeg, Canada2nd Long jump 8.12 m
World Championships Seville, Spain8th 100 m 10.24 (+0.2 m/s)
24th (q) Long jump 7.75 m (+0.2 m/s)
2000 Olympic Games Sydney, Australia13th (q) Long jump 7.99 m (+0.3 m/s)
2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal2nd Long jump 8.16 m
Central American and Caribbean Championships Guatemala City, Guatemala1st Long jump 7.97 m A
World Championships Edmonton, Canada5th Long jump 8.10 m (+0.7 m/s)
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, England3rd Long jump 7.89 m (+1.2 m/s)
2003 Central American and Caribbean Championships St George's, Grenada8th 4 × 100 m 41.50
1st Long jump 8.12 m w
World Championships Paris, France15th (q) Long jump 7.87 m (-1.0 m/s)
Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic9th (h) 4 × 100 m 41.10
4th Long jump 7.96 m
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece21st (qf) 100 m 10.24 (-0.2 m/s)
20th (q) Long jump 7.85 m (+0.7 m/s)
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia23rd (qf) 100 m 10.71 (-0.4 m/s)
12th (h) 4 × 100 m 40.76
Central American and Caribbean Games Cartagena, Colombia 14th (sf) 100 m 10.47

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References

  1. Streete-Thompson, Kareem (13 November 2003), Kareem Streete-Thompson joins Marion Jones' training group in Raleigh, IAAF , retrieved 25 March 2012
  2. Carifta Games Magazine, Part 2 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved 12 October 2011
  3. Carifta Games Magazine, Part 3 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved 12 October 2011