Curtis Thompson

Thompson in2024
Personal information
Born	(1996-02-08)8 February 1996 (age 29) Trenton, New Jersey, U.S.
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personalbest	87.76 m (2025)
Medal record Men'sathletics Representing United States World Championships 2025 Tokyo Javelin throw Pan American Games 2023 Santiago Javelin throw NACAC Championships 2025 Freeport Javelin throw 2022 Freeport Javelin throw

Curtis Thompson (born 8 February 1996) is an Americanjavelin thrower. He won the bronze medal at the2025 World Championships, and gold medals at the2023 Pan American Games and2022 and2025 NACAC Championships.^[1]

Born inTrenton, New Jersey, and raised inFlorence Township, New Jersey, Thompson is a 2014 graduate ofFlorence Township Memorial High School.^[2] Thompson won theNCAA title forMississippi State University in 2016, and he also won the 2018USATF Championship.^[3]

At the2020 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) held inEugene, Oregon, on June 21, 2021, Thompson captured the javelin title with a top throw of 82.78 meters to beat runner-upMichael Shuey, whose top throw was 79.24.Riley Dolezal finished third with a throw of 77.07. Thompson individually recorded the four best throws of the competition. Representing his country at the2022 World Athletics Championships inEugene, Oregon, Thompson qualified for the final.^[4] He won the gold medal at the2022 NACAC Championships inFreeport, The Bahamas.^[5]

He was selected for the2023 World Athletics Championships inBudapest in August 2023.^[6] He won gold at the2023 Pan American Games inSantiago, Chile in November 2023.^[7]

In August 2024, Thompson threw a 76.79 at the2024 Summer Olympics qualifications, placing him at 13th place and failing to qualify for the finals.^[8]

He started his 2025 season with a personal best of 87.76m at the Texas Relays.^[9] He threw 83.89 metres to win the javelin throw at the2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon to retain the American national title.^[10] He won the gold medal at the2025 NACAC Championships, breaking his own championship record set in 2022, with a throw of 87.27 metres.^[5]

In September 2025, he threw 86.67 metres to win the bronze medal at the2025 World Athletics Championships inTokyo, Japan.^[11][12]

Curtis Thompson and his father, Scott Thompson, wrote a book in 2023 about the behind the scenes moments of raising a champion.^[13]

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His parents are Scott and Karen Thompson. He has one brother, Christopher, who was a collegiate basketball player. Thompson's athletic genes carry through the family as he has several aunts, uncles, and cousins who played badminton for the Jamaican national team. He formerly coached for theSpain Park High School team, before later moving toHuntsville.

• Curtis Thompson atWorld Athletics
• Curtis Thompson atwww.USATF.org
• Curtis Thompson atTeam USA (archive March 19, 2023)
• Curtis Thompson atOlympedia
• Curtis Thompson atOlympics.com
• Curtis Thompson at theParis 2024 Summer Olympics (archived,alternate link)
• Curtis Thompson at theLima 2019 Pan American Games (archived,alternate link)
• Can I Throw that Thing? Book by Scott Thompson (Author)

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