Kareem Streete-Thompson
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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Athletics | ||
Competitor for  Cayman Islands
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| World Indoor Championships | ||
| Silver | 2001 Lisbon | Long Jump |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| Bronze | 2002 Manchester | Long Jump |
| World Junior Championships | ||
| Bronze | 1990 Plovdiv | Long Jump |
| CAC Junior Championships (U20) | ||
| Gold | 1990 Havana | Long jump |
| Gold | 1992 Tegucigalpa | Long jump |
| Silver | 1992 Tegucigalpa | 100 m |
| CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) | ||
| Gold | 1990 Kingston | Long Jump |
| CARIFTA Games Youth (U17) | ||
| Gold | 1987 Port of Spain | Long Jump |
| Gold | 1988 Kingston | Long Jump |
| Gold | 1989 Bridgetown | Long Jump |
| Silver | 1989 Bridgetown | 100m |
| Bronze | 1989 Bridgetown | 200m |
Kareem Streete-Thompson (born March 30, 1973) is an athlete specializing in the long jump and the 100 metres. He was born in Ithaca, New York.
Career
Although born in the USA, he lived his first 18 years in the Cayman Islands. Originally he represented the Cayman Islands, then USA, and then from 1999 the Cayman Islands again.
Two times in the role, he was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 1989 CARIFTA Games and 1990 CARIFTA Games.[1][2]
In the 2004 Summer Olympics, he participated in the 100 metres, achieving a second place and a season's best time in the heat from which he qualified, before exiting the competition in the second round with a fifth-placed finish. In the long jump competition, he did not qualify for the final.
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing Cayman Islands | |||||
| 1987 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 1st | Long jump | 6.91 m |
| 1988 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Kingston, Jamaica | 1st | Long jump | 7.06 m |
| World Junior Championships | Sudbury, Canada | 14th | Long jump | 6.84 m (-0.2 m/s) | |
| 1989 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Bridgetown, Barbados | 2nd | 100 m | 10.88 |
| 3rd | 200 m | 21.9 | |||
| 1st | Long jump | 7.83 m | |||
| 1990 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Kingston, Jamaica | 1st | Long jump | 7.94 m |
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Havana, Cuba | 4th | 200 m | 22.41 (-0.9 m/s) | |
| 1st | Long jump | 7.97 m (0.3 m/s) | |||
| World Junior Championships | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 3rd | Long jump | 7.94 m | |
| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 38th (q) | Long jump | 6.99 m (0.3 m/s) |
| 1992 | Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | 2nd | 100 m | 10.6 (0.0 m/s) |
| 1st | Long jump | 7.57 m | |||
| Olympic Games | Barcelona, Spain | 46th (h) | 100 m | 10.78 (-2.2 m/s) | |
| 38th (q) | Long jump | 7.39 m (-0.5 m/s) | |||
Representing  United States | |||||
| 1993 | Universiade | Buffalo, United States | 1st | Long jump | 8.22 m (w) |
| 1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 14th | Long jump | 7.43 m (-2.1 m/s) |
| Representing Cayman Islands | |||||
| 1999 | Pan American Games | Winnipeg, Canada | 2nd | Long jump | 8.12 m |
| World Championships | Seville, Spain | 8th | 100 m | 10.24 (0.2 m/s) | |
| 24th (q) | Long jump | 7.75 m (0.2 m/s) | |||
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 13th (q) | Long jump | 7.99 m (0.3 m/s) |
| 2001 | World Indoor Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 2nd | Long jump | 8.16 m |
| Central American and Caribbean Championships | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 1st | Long jump | 7.97 m A | |
| World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 5th | Long jump | 8.10 m (0.7 m/s) | |
| 2002 | Commonwealth Games | Manchester, United Kingdom | 3rd | Long jump | 7.89 m (1.2 m/s) |
| 2003 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | St George's, Grenada | 8th | 4x100 m relay | 41.50 |
| 1st | Long jump | 8.12 m w | |||
| World Championships | Paris, France | 15th (q) | Long jump | 7.87 m (-1.0 m/s) | |
| Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 9th (h) | 4x100 m relay | 41.10 | |
| 4th | Long jump | 7.96 m | |||
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 21st (qf) | 100 m | 10.24 (-0.2 m/s) |
| 20th (q) | Long jump | 7.85 m (0.7 m/s) | |||
| 2006 | Commonwealth Games | Melbourne, Australia | 23rd (qf) | 100 m | 10.71 (-0.4 m/s) |
| 12th (h) | 4x100 m relay | 40.76 | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Games | Cartagena, Colombia | 14th (sf) | 100 m | 10.47 | |
External links
References
- ↑ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 2, Carifta Games 2011, retrieved Oct 12, 2011
- ↑ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 3, Carifta Games 2011, retrieved Oct 12, 2011
- ↑ Streete-Thompson, Kareem (13 November 2003), Kareem Streete-Thompson joins Marion Jones’ training group in Raleigh, IAAF, retrieved 25 March 2012
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