Silver Medal (Aug. 16, 2008)

RICHARD   THOMPSON DATE OF BIRTH: June 7, 1985 PLACE OF BIRTH: Port of Spain, Trinidad EDUCATION: Newtown Boys' RC School Queen's Royal College Louisiana Stae University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA OLYMPIC EVENTS: Athletics: 100 meters 4 x 100 meters Relay CAREER:                           Thompson's career includes the following significant accomplishments: 2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 100 meters (12.06) 2007 World Championships, Osaka, Japan - 100 meters (Quarterfinals, 10.44) 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships, Cali, Colombia - 4 x 100 meters Relay (1st, 38.54, with Aaron Armstrong, Keston Bledman, and Marc Burns) 2008 Olympics, Beijing, China - 100 meters (2nd, 9.89); 4 x 100 meters Relay (2nd, 38.06, with Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, and Emmanuel Callender) 2009 World Championships, Berlin, Germany - 100 meters (5th, 9.93); 4 x 100 meters Relay (2nd, 37.62, with Darrel Brown, Marc Burns, and Emmanuel Callender) 2011 World Championships, Daegu, South Korea - 100 meters (Semifinals, 10.20); 4 x 100 meters (6th, 39.01, with Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, and Aaron Armstrong) 2012 Olympics, London, England - 100 meters (7th, 9.98); 4 x 100 meters Relay (3rd, 38.12, with Marc Burns, Keston Bledman, and Emmanuel Callender 2013 World Championships, Moscow, Russia - 100 meters (Semifinals, 10.19); 4 x 100 meters Relay (8th, 38.57, with Keston Bledman, Rondell Sorillo, and Ayodele Taffe) 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland - 100 metres (Semifinals, 10.19); 4 x 100 meters Relay (3rd, 38.10, with Rondell Sorillo, Keston Bledman, and Marc Burns) 2014 IAAF World Relays, Nassau, Bahamas - 4 × 100 metres Relay (2nd, 38.04, Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, and Rondell Sorillo) 2015 IAAF World Relays, Nassau, Bahamas - 4 × 100 metres Relay (7th, 38.92, Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, and Rondell Sorillo) 2016 Olympics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 100 meters (10.29); 4 x 100 meters Relay (Disqualified, with Keston Bledman, Rondell Sorillo, and Emmanuel Callender) 2020 Olympics, Tokyo, Japan - 4 x 100 meters Relay (Heat, 38.63, with Kion Benjamin, Adell Colthrust, and Eric Harrison) AWARDS: 2008 - Trinidad & Tobago Chaconia Medal Gold 2012 - Trinidad & Tobago Humming Bird Medal Gold Compiled by Ronald C. Emrit