Shawn-D Thompson
{{Short description|Jamaican long jumper (born 1997)}}
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| sport = Athletics
| event = Long jump
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|1|20|df=yes}}
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| pb = Long jump: 8.13m (Kingston, 2019)
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{{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}}
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{{MedalCompetition | NACAC Championships}}
{{MedalBronze | 2022 Freeport|Long jump}}
{{MedalCompetition | NACAC U23 Championships}}
{{MedalSilver | 2019 Querétaro|Long jump}}
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Shawn-D Thompson (born 20 January 1997) is a Jamaican long jumper.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/shawn-d-thompson-14691402|website=World Athletics|date=30 June 2024|title=Shawn-D Thompson}}
Early life
He attended GC Foster College in Spanish Town.{{cite web|url= https://www.trackalerts.com/2020/02/shawn-d-thompson-gets-close-to-tokyo2020-olympics-qualifying-mark/#google_vignette|website=Track Alerts|accessdate=29 June 2024|title=Shawn D Thompson gets close to Tokyo2020 Olympics qualifying mark|first= Anthony|last= Foster|date=February 10, 2020}}
Career
He is coached by Marlon Gayle and has based his run-up style on Ivan Pedroso of Cuba.{{cite web|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20230703/cuban-jumpers-impress-shawn-d-thompson|website=Jamaica Gleaner|accessdate=29 June 2024|title=Cuban jumpers impress Shawn-D Thompson|date= July 3, 2023 | first=Hubert|last= Lawrence}} He was a silver medalist at the 2019 NACAC U23 Championships in Queretaro, Mexico, with a jump of 8.05 metres.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7133264?eventId=10229617| website=World Athletics|accessdate=29 June 2024|title= NACAC U23 Championships|date=5 July 2019}}
He finished fourth in the long jump at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, jumping 8.05 metres but missing out on bronze by a centimetre.{{cite web|url= https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20220804/cg2022-jamaican-misses-bronze-mens-long-jump|website=Jamaica Gleaner|accessdate=29 June 2024|title= Jamaican misses bronze in men's long jump|date=4 August 2022}} He won a bronze medal at the 2022 NACAC Championships in Freeport, Bahamas with a jump of 7.75 metres.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7147635?eventId=10229617|website=World Athletics|accessdate=29 June 2024|title= NACAC Championships|date=19 August 2022}}
In June 2024, he competed at the Jamaican Athletics Championships long jump.{{cite web|url= https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2024/06/29/nationaltrials-massive-pb-shawn-d-thompson-earns-olympic-spot-long-jump/ |website=Jamaica Observer|accessdate=30 June 2024|date=29 June 2024|title= Massive PB by Shawn-D Thompson earns him Olympic spot in long jump}}{{cite web|url= https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1146324/shericka-jackson-tops-jamaican-200-heats|website=Insidethegames|accessdate=29 June 2024|title= Shericka Jackson tops Jamaican 200 heats in Olympic double bid|date=30 June 2024}}{{cite web|url= https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20240701/confusion-over-long-jump-olympians|website=Jamaica Gleamer|accessdate=2 July 2024|title= Confusion over long jump Olympian|date=1 July 2024}}
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Category:21st-century Jamaican sportsmen
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