Bahamian sprinter
Pauline Davis-Thompson
Personal information Born (1966-07-09 ) 9 July 1966 (age 59)
Pauline Elaine Davis-Thompson (born 9 July 1966) is a formerBahamian sprinter . She competed at five Olympics,[ 1] track and field athlete. She won her first medal at her fourth Olympics and her first gold medals at her fifth Olympics (Sydney 2000 ) at age 34 in the4 × 100 m Relay and, afterMarion Jones ' belated disqualification nine years later, in the200 m .
In 2022, Davis released her memoirs through Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Running Sideways: The Olympic Champion Who Made Track and Field History has won two international book awards.
Winner, Autobiography/Memoir, International Book Awards, 2023
Winner, Biography/Autobiography, Track and Field Writers of America (TAFWA) Book Award, 2022
In 2024, Davis signed a publishing deal to have Running Sideways translated and published within China.
In 1984, she was awarded theAustin Sealy Trophy for themost outstanding athlete of the1984 CARIFTA Games .[ 2] [ 3]
Her first high-profile success came in 1989 when she became theNCAA National Champion in the 200-meter dash while setting a collegiate national record as a member of theAlabama Crimson Tide team at theUniversity of Alabama . Then in 1995, she won the silver medal in the200 metres at theIAAF World Indoor Championships and won another silver, this time in the400 metres , at the1995 World Championships in Athletics .[citation needed
She ran at the1996 Atlanta Olympics the following year and although she narrowly missed out on a medal in the 400 m, she helped the Bahamian team to a silver medal in the4 × 100 metres relay . In 1997 she made both the 400 m and 100 m relay finals but failed to win a medal in either event. She received her first World Championships gold medal two years later, in 1999, aiding the Bahamian relay team to victory.[citation needed
She won a gold medal in both the200 metres and the 4 × 100 m relay at the2000 Summer Olympics inSydney . She originally finished in second place in the women's 200 m behindMarion Jones , but on 5 October 2007, Jones admitted to taking performance-enhancing steroids and was stripped of the title. On 9 December 2009, Davis-Thompson was awarded the gold medal.[ 4]
After her track career, she went into athletics administration, being elected to theIAAF council in 2007.[ 5]
She's married to Jamaican Olympic hurdler (1992)Mark Thompson .[ 6]
As a teenager, she had to constantly wear a sports bra to deal with her unoptimal physique at the time.[ 7]
Representing theBahamas Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes 1982 CARIFTA Games (U-17) Kingston ,Jamaica 2nd 100 m 12.19 2nd 200 m 25.1 Central American and Caribbean Bridgetown ,Barbados 1st 100 m 11.89 1st 200 m 23.90 1st 400 m 55.90 1st Long jump 5.22 m 1983 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Fort-de-France ,Martinique 2nd 100 m 11.69 1st 200 m 23.57 Central American and Caribbean Championships Havana, Cuba 2nd 100 m 11.60 2nd 200 m 23.65 (w) 1st 4 × 100 m relay 45.26 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games Santiago, Dominican Republic 1st 100 m 11.51 1st 200 m 23.06 2nd 4 × 100 m relay 45.49 1987 Pan American Games Indianapolis , United States3rd 100 m 11.47 3rd 200 m 22.99 1989 Central American and Caribbean Championships San Juan, Puerto Rico 1st 100 m 11.25 2nd 4 × 100 m relay 46.50 1990 Commonwealth Games Auckland , New Zealand3rd 100 m 11.20 w (+4.4 m/s) 3rd 200 m 23.15 1991 World Indoor Championships Seville , Spain5th 60 m 7.16 World Championships Tokyo , Japan7th 200 m 22.90 (-2.4 m/s) 1993 IAAF Grand Prix Final Stuttgart , Germany8th 100 m 11.56 1994 IAAF Grand Prix Final Paris , France7th 400 m 51.52 1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona , Spain2nd 200 m 22.68 World Championships Gothenborg , Sweden2nd 400 m 49.96 4th 4 × 100 m relay 43.14 1996 Olympic Games Atlanta , United States4th 400 m 49.28 2nd 4 × 100 m relay 42.14 1997 World Championships Athens , Greece7th 400 m 50.68 6th 4 × 100 m relay 42.77 1998 IAAF Grand Prix Final Moscow , Russia8th 400 m 53.83 1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi , Japan3rd 200 m 22.70 World Championships Seville , Spain1st 4 × 100 m relay 41.92 2000 Olympic Games Sydney , Australia1st 200 m 22.27 (+0.7 m/s) 1st 4 × 100 m relay 41.95
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill ; et al."Pauline Davis-Thompson" .Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .Sports Reference LLC . Archived fromthe original on 3 December 2016. ^ 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 ^ BBC (8 December 2009)."Katerina Thanou denied Marion Jones' Olympic 100m gold" . BBC.co.uk. Retrieved8 December 2009 . ^ Congratulations Pauline! - Five Olympic champions now in IAAF Council .IAAF (2009-12-11). Retrieved on 2009-12-12.^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill ; et al."Mark Thompson" .Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .Sports Reference LLC . Archived fromthe original on 4 December 2016. ^ Wojnarowski, Adrian (29 September 2000)."A bit of foolishness to ease the tension" .The Record the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved3 March 2010 .
1928 :Bobbie Rosenfeld ,Ethel Smith ,Jane Bell ,Myrtle Cook (CAN ) 1932 :Mary Carew ,Evelyn Furtsch ,Annette Rogers ,Wilhelmina von Bremen (USA ) 1936 :Harriet Bland ,Annette Rogers ,Betty Robinson ,Helen Stephens (USA ) 1948 :Xenia Stad-de Jong ,Netti Witziers-Timmer ,Gerda van der Kade-Koudijs ,Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED ) 1952 :Mae Faggs ,Barbara Jones ,Janet Moreau ,Catherine Hardy (USA ) 1956 :Shirley Barbara de la Hunty ,Norma Croker ,Fleur Mellor ,Betty Cuthbert (AUS ) 1960 :Martha Hudson ,Lucinda Williams ,Barbara Jones ,Wilma Rudolph (USA ) 1964 :Teresa Ciepły ,Irena Kirszenstein ,Halina Górecka ,Ewa Kłobukowska (POL ) 1968 :Barbara Ferrell ,Margaret Bailes ,Mildrette Netter ,Wyomia Tyus (USA ) 1972 :Christiane Krause ,Ingrid Mickler ,Annegret Richter ,Heide Rosendahl (FRG ) 1976 :Marlies Göhr ,Renate Stecher ,Carla Bodendorf ,Bärbel Wöckel (GDR ) 1980 :Romy Müller ,Bärbel Wöckel ,Ingrid Auerswald ,Marlies Göhr (GDR ) 1984 :Alice Brown ,Jeanette Bolden ,Chandra Cheeseborough ,Evelyn Ashford (USA ) 1988 :Alice Brown ,Sheila Echols ,Florence Griffith Joyner ,Evelyn Ashford ,Dannette Young (USA ) 1992 :Evelyn Ashford ,Esther Jones ,Carlette Guidry ,Gwen Torrence ,Michelle Finn (USA ) 1996 :Gail Devers ,Inger Miller ,Chryste Gaines ,Gwen Torrence ,Carlette Guidry (USA ) 2000 :Savatheda Fynes ,Chandra Sturrup ,Pauline Davis-Thompson ,Debbie Ferguson ,Eldece Lewis (BAH ) 2004 :Tayna Lawrence ,Sherone Simpson ,Aleen Bailey ,Veronica Campbell ,Beverly McDonald (JAM ) 2008 :Olivia Borlée ,Hanna Mariën ,Élodie Ouédraogo ,Kim Gevaert (BEL ) 2012 :Tianna Madison ,Allyson Felix ,Bianca Knight ,Carmelita Jeter ,Jeneba Tarmoh ,Lauryn Williams (USA ) 2016 :Tianna Bartoletta ,Allyson Felix ,Tori Bowie ,English Gardner ,Morolake Akinosun (USA ) 2020 :Briana Williams ,Elaine Thompson-Herah ,Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ,Shericka Jackson ,Natasha Morrison ,Remona Burchell (JAM ) 2024 :Melissa Jefferson ,Twanisha Terry ,Gabrielle Thomas ,Sha'Carri Richardson (USA )
1983 :Silke Gladisch ,Marita Koch ,Ingrid Auerswald ,Marlies Oelsner-Göhr (GDR)1987 :Alice Brown ,Diane Williams ,Florence Griffith Joyner ,Pam Marshall (USA)1991 :Dahlia Duhaney ,Juliet Cuthbert ,Beverly McDonald ,Merlene Ottey ,Merlene Frazer (JAM)1993 :Olga Bogoslovskaya ,Galina Malchugina ,Natalya Pomoshchnikova-Voronova ,Irina Privalova ,Marina Trandenkova (RUS)1995 :Celena Mondie-Milner ,Carlette Guidry ,Chryste Gaines ,Gwen Torrence ,D'Andre Hill (USA)1997 :Chryste Gaines ,Marion Jones ,Inger Miller ,Gail Devers (USA)1999 :Savatheda Fynes ,Chandra Sturrup ,Pauline Davis-Thompson ,Debbie Ferguson ,Eldece Clarke-Lewis (BAH)2001 :Melanie Paschke ,Gabi Rockmeier ,Birgit Rockmeier ,Marion Wagner (GER)2003 :Patricia Girard-Léno ,Muriel Hurtis ,Sylviane Félix ,Christine Arron (FRA)2005 :Angela Daigle ,Muna Lee ,Me'Lisa Barber ,Lauryn Williams (USA)2007 :Lauryn Williams ,Allyson Felix ,Mikele Barber ,Torri Edwards ,Carmelita Jeter ,Mechelle Lewis (USA)2009 :Simone Facey ,Shelly-Ann Fraser ,Aleen Bailey ,Kerron Stewart (JAM)2011 :Bianca Knight ,Allyson Felix ,Marshevet Myers ,Carmelita Jeter ,Shalonda Solomon ,Alexandria Anderson (USA)2013 :Carrie Russell ,Kerron Stewart ,Schillonie Calvert ,Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ,Sheri-Ann Brooks (JAM)2015 :Veronica Campbell Brown ,Natasha Morrison ,Elaine Thompson ,Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ,Sherone Simpson ,Kerron Stewart (JAM)2017 :Aaliyah Brown ,Allyson Felix ,Morolake Akinosun ,Tori Bowie ,Ariana Washington (USA)2019 :Natalliah Whyte ,Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce ,Jonielle Smith ,Shericka Jackson ,Natasha Morrison (JAM)2022 :Melissa Jefferson ,Abby Steiner ,Jenna Prandini ,Twanisha Terry ,Aleia Hobbs (USA)2023 :Tamari Davis ,Twanisha Terry ,Gabrielle Thomas ,Sha'Carri Richardson ,Tamara Clark ,Melissa Jefferson (USA)2025 :Melissa Jefferson-Wooden ,Twanisha Terry ,Kayla White ,Sha'Carri Richardson ,Jacious Sears (USA)
1977: East Germany (Popp ,Krug ,Brehmer ,Koch ) 1979: East Germany (Kotte ,Brehmer ,Köhn ,Koch ) 1981: East Germany (Rübsam ,Steuk ,Wöckel ,Koch ) 1985: East Germany (Emmelmann ,Busch ,Neubauer ,Koch ) 1989: Americas (Crooks ,Davis ,Jackson ,Quirot ) 1992: Americas (Edeh ,Crooks ,Carabali ,Restrepo ) 1994: Great Btitain (Smith ,Keough ,Neef ,Gunnell ) 1998: Germany (Feller ,Rohländer ,Urbansky ,Breuer ) 2002: Americas (Richards ,Pernía ,Amertil ,Guevara ) 2006: Americas (S. Williams ,Darling ,Amertil ,N. Williams ) 2010: Americas (Williams ,Dunn ,Wilson ,Amertil ) 2014: Americas (Day ,McCorory ,McPherson ,Williams-Mills )
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