Caymanian-American athlete
Kareem Streete-Thompson (born March 30, 1973) is aCaymanian -American athlete specializing in thelong jump and the100 metres . He was born inIthaca ,New York .
Although born in the United States, he lived his first 18 years in theCayman Islands . Originally he represented the Cayman Islands, then the United States, and then from 1999 the Cayman Islands again.[ 1]
Competing for theRice Owls track and field program, he won two NCAA titles in the long jump.[ 2]
Two times in the role, he was awarded theAustin Sealy Trophy for themost outstanding athlete of the1989 CARIFTA Games and1990 CARIFTA Games .[ 3] [ 4]
In the2004 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.
Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing theCayman Islands 1987 CARIFTA Games (U-17) Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago1st Long jump 6.91 m 1988 CARIFTA Games (U-17) Kingston, Jamaica 1st Long jump 7.06 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 , Barbados2nd 100 m 10.88 3rd 200 m 21.9 1st Long jump 7.83 m 1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland, New Zealand 29th (qf) 100 m 10.89 11th Long jump 7.53 m CARIFTA Games (U-20) Kingston, Jamaica 1st Long jump 7.94 m Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) Havana , Cuba4th 200 m 22.41 (-0.9 m/s) 1st Long jump 7.97 m (0.3 m/s) World Junior Championships Plovdiv , Bulgaria3rd Long 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 , Honduras2nd 100 m 10.6 (0.0 m/s) 1st Long jump 7.57 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) RepresentingUnited 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) RepresentingCayman 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 mA 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 mw 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
^ Streete-Thompson, Kareem (13 November 2003),Kareem Streete-Thompson joins Marion Jones' training group in Raleigh IAAF , retrieved25 March 2012 ^ "Streete-Thompson to be Inducted into SWC Hall of Fame" .Rice University Athletics . Retrieved16 May 2024 .^ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 2 (PDF) , Carifta Games 2011, archived fromthe original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved12 October 2011 ^ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 3 (PDF) , Carifta Games 2011, archived fromthe original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved12 October 2011
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