Pauline Davis-Thompson
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Pauline Elaine Davis-Thompson (born 9 July 1966) is a former Bahamian sprinter. She competed at five Olympics,[1] a rarity for a track and field athlete. She won her first medal at her fourth Olympics and her first gold medals at her fifth Olympics (Sydney 2000) at age 34 in the 4 × 100 m Relay and, after Marion Jones' belated disqualification nine years later, in the 200m.
Career
In 1984, she was awarded the Austin Sealy Trophy for the most outstanding athlete of the 1984 CARIFTA Games.[2][3]
Her first high-profile success came in 1989 when she became the
She ran at the
She won a gold medal in both the 200 metres and the 4 × 100 m relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She originally finished in second place in the women's 200 m behind Marion Jones, but on 5 October 2007, Jones admitted to taking performance-enhancing steroids and was stripped of the title. On 9 December 2009, Davis-Thompson was awarded the gold medal.[4]
After her track career, she went into athletics administration, being elected to the
Personal life
She is married to Jamaican Olympic hurdler (1992) Mark Thompson.[6]
As a teenager, she had to constantly wear a sports bra to deal with her unoptimal physique at the time.[7]
Personal bests
| Event | Time | Date | Venue |
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| 100 m | 10.97 | 21 July 2000 | Nassau, Bahamas |
| 200 m | 22.27 | 28 September 2000 | Sydney, Australia |
| 400 m | 49.28 | 29 July 1996 | Atlanta, United States |
Achievements
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 1982 | CARIFTA Games (U-17) | Kingston, Jamaica | 2nd | 100 m | 12.19 |
| 2nd | 200 m | 25.1 | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-17) |
Bridgetown, Barbados | 1st | 100 m | 11.89 | |
| 1st | 200 m | 23.90 | |||
| 1st | 400 m | 55.90 | |||
| 1st | Long jump | 5.22 m | |||
| 1983 | CARIFTA Games (U-20) | Fort-de-France, Martinique | 2nd | 100 m | 11.69 |
| 1st | 200 m | 23.57 | |||
| Central American and Caribbean Championships | Havana, Cuba
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2nd | 100 m | 11.60 | |
| 2nd | 200 m | 23.65 (w) | |||
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 45.26 | |||
| 1987 | Pan American Games | Indianapolis, United States | 3rd | 100 m | 11.47 |
| 3rd | 200 m | 22.99 | |||
| 1989 | Central American and Caribbean Championships | San Juan, Puerto Rico | 1st | 100 m | 11.25 |
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.50 | |||
| 1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 3rd | 100 m | 11.20 w (+4.4 m/s) |
| 3rd | 200 m | 23.15 | |||
| 1991 | World Indoor Championships | Seville, Spain | 5th | 60 m | 7.16 |
| World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 7th | 200 m | 22.90 (-2.4 m/s)
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| 1993 | IAAF Grand Prix Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 8th | 100 m | 11.56 |
| 1994 | IAAF Grand Prix Final | Paris, France | 7th | 400 m | 51.52 |
| 1995 | World Indoor Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 2nd | 200 m | 22.68 |
| World Championships | Gothenborg , Sweden
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2nd | 400 m | 49.96 | |
| 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 43.14 | |||
| 1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 4th | 400 m | 49.28 |
| 2nd | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.14 | |||
| 1997 | World Championships | Athens, Greece | 7th | 400 m | 50.68 |
| 6th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.77 | |||
| 1998 | IAAF Grand Prix Final | Moscow, Russia | 8th | 400 m | 53.83 |
| 1999 | World Indoor Championships | Maebashi, Japan | 3rd | 200 m | 22.70 |
| World Championships | Seville, Spain | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.92 | |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 1st | 200 m | 22.27 (+0.7 m/s) |
| 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 41.95 |
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pauline Davis-Thompson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
- ^ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 2 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved 12 October 2011
- ^ Carifta Games Magazine, Part 3 (PDF), Carifta Games 2011, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2012, retrieved 12 October 2011
- ^ BBC (8 December 2009). "Katerina Thanou denied Marion Jones' Olympic 100m gold". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- IAAF(2009-12-11). Retrieved on 2009-12-12.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mark Thompson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ Wojnarowski, Adrian (29 September 2000). "A bit of foolishness to ease the tension". The Record. Archived from the original on 20 June 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
External links
- Pauline Davis-Thompson at World Athletics
- Pauline Davis-Thompson at Olympics.com
- Pauline Davis-Thompson at Olympedia
