Cynthia Thompson

{{Short description|Jamaican sprinter (1923–2019)}}

{{Use Jamaican English|date=March 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

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|birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1923|11|29}}{{Olympedia|72248}}

|birth_place = Kingston, Jamaica

|image=Women's 100m final (1948 Summer Olympics).jpg

|caption=Thompson in the 100m final of the 1948 Summer Olympics

|sport = Sprinting

|birth_name = Cynthia Annabelle Thompson

|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2019|3|8|1923|11|29}}

|death_place = Kingston, Jamaica

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Cynthia Annabelle Thompson (29 November 1923 – 8 March 2019) was a Jamaican sprinter. She was born in Kingston, Jamaica.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/cynthia-thompson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418071123/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/cynthia-thompson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |accessdate=15 April 2013}}

She was one of four female athletes who represented Jamaica at its first Olympic Games, the 1948 Summer Olympics. Following her athletics career, she became a paediatrician and retired in 2000.{{cite news|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20190308/history-making-olympian-cynthia-thompson-passes-away |title=History-making Olympian Cynthia Thompson passes away|work=The Gleaner|date=8 March 2019 }}