Cherelle Thompson
{{short description|Trinidad and Tobago swimmer}}
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| birth_place = Port of Spain{{cn|date=July 2022}}
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Cherelle Thompson (born 14 May 1992){{Cite web|title=Entry list|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001130107FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF20.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726214154/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/0001130107FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF20.pdf|archive-date=26 July 2020|access-date=26 July 2020|website=2019 World Aquatics Championships}} is a Trinidad and Tobago swimmer.
Career
In 2011, she competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event at the World Aquatics Championships held in Shanghai, China. She did not advance to compete in the semi-finals.{{fact|date=August 2022}}
She represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event.{{Cite web|title=Women's 50 metre freestyle – Heats – 2019 World Aquatics Championships|url=https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070201EB01FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726212706/https://www.omegatiming.com/File/00011301070201EB01FFFFFFFFFFFF01.pdf|archive-date=26 July 2020|access-date=26 July 2020|website=2019 World Aquatics Championships}} She did not advance to compete in the semi-finals.
She competed in the women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.{{Cite web|title=Swimming Results Book|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_B99_SWM-------------------------------.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807054827/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/SWM/OG2020-_SWM_B99_SWM-------------------------------.pdf|archive-date=7 August 2021|access-date=10 August 2021|website=2020 Summer Olympics}}
Personal life
She studied at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.{{Cite news|date=20 January 2020|title=Thompson joins Carter in Tokyo Olympics|work=Trinidad and Tobago Newsday|url=https://newsday.co.tt/2020/01/20/thompson-joins-carter-in-tokyo-olympics/|url-status=live|access-date=28 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728110105/https://newsday.co.tt/2020/01/20/thompson-joins-carter-in-tokyo-olympics/|archive-date=28 July 2020}}
References
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Trinidad and Tobago female swimmers
Category:University of Tennessee alumni
Category:Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic swimmers for Trinidad and Tobago
Category:Tennessee Volunteers women's swimmers
Category:Trinidad and Tobago expatriate swimmers in the United States
Category:Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago
Category:Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago
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