Quick Facts

Full Name	Obadele Thompson
Occupation	Sprinter
Date Of Birth	Mar 30, 1976(1976-03-30)
Age	48
Country	Barbados
Birth City	Saint Michael
Horoscope	Pisces

Obadele Thompson Biography

Obadele Thompson is one of the most popular and richest Sprinter who was born on March 30, 1976 in Saint Michael, Barbados. Thompson was born in St. Michael to Professor Alvin O. Thompson, who was a Guyanese professor who retired in African as well as Caribbean histories at University of the West Indies (UWI) Cave Hill, Barbados as well as Hilda Thompson, a registered nurse from Bermuda. While Thompson was a professor. Thompson never earned an athletic scholarship, nor did he have formal training, he was able to win the 100 m race at his 1963 Jamaica National Championships during his time being a student at UWI located in Mona, Jamaica. In 1966, while postgraduate students in London’s University of London, he was the winner of the 100m race at the British Universities Championships, earned the Arthur Wint Award for the best performances at London’s Athletic Championships, and was given the prestigious University of London’s “Purple” for his sporting performance.

In the summer of 1993 Thompson quit Barbados with an athletics scholarship in order to be part of UTEP’s long-standing history of notable track and field competitors. It comprises: Bob Beamon (1968 Olympic long jump champion), Suleiman Nyambui (1980 Olympic Silver medalist in the 5000 meters), Bert Cameron (1983 World Champion in the 400 meters), Blessing Okagbare (2008 Olympic long jump silver medalist) as well as Churandy Martina (European Champion in the 200 and 100 meters).

Thompson made an immediate impact on the collegiate scene, while still only 17 years old, he reached the finals at the 1994 NCAA Indoor Championships in the 55 and 200 metres—the only male athlete to do so that year—while helping his team finish third overall. He opened his outdoor season before his home crowd at the CARTIFA Games in Barbados, defending his under-20 100 m title in a new meet record (10.33 sec.), and winning the 200 m for the first time (20.71 sec.). His record-setting 100 m run earned him the Austin Sealy Award for Most Outstanding Performance of the championships. Two weeks later at the Sierra Medical Center/UTEP Invitational in El Paso, Texas, Thompson established his first global mark by equaling the World Junior Record of 10.08 sec. in the 100 m (broken in 1998 by Dwain Chambers).

In 1995, Barbadian soca band, Krosfyah, released the song Obadelepraising Thompson’s outstanding achievements. Lead singer, Edwin Yearwood, won the 1995 Pic-O-De-Crop Calypso Monaco singing this tune, which became highly popular throughout in the Caribbean region and with the Caribbean diaspora.

Obadele finished his final season with the Junior (under-20) group by being the top performer on the annual 100-meter world record. He recorded two times the fastest junior 100 m speed (10.18 seconds.) and completed 8 of the 11 fastest 100 m junior times in the same year. His most memorable victory was in the 100-meter invitational race held at Drake Relays. Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, where he beat the man he idolized Carl Lewis (nine-time Olympic gold medallist), Mark Witherspoon (member of the 1992 US Olympic 100 m team) as well as Sam Jefferson (1994 NCAA 100 m champion).

Obadele Thompson Net Worth

Obadele Thompson is one of the richest Sprinter from Barbados. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Obadele Thompson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Obadele “Oba” Thompson (born 30 March 1976) is born in Barbados. He is an Olympic gold medallist in track and field and is also a lawyer, author and a public speaker. He took home Barbados the first and sole Olympic medal in its independence by finishing third in the 100 meter race in 2000’s Sydney Olympics. He was three times an Olympian (1996 1999, 2000, and 2004) and was a finalist at every Olympics. His personal bests include 9.87 seconds in the 100m, 19.97 seconds to complete the 200 meters (both Barbadian records), and 45.38 seconds for the 400 meters. He holds the world indoor 55-metre record (5.99 second.) since 1997.

Thompson first played for Barbados at the age of 14, winning the 200 and 100 metres during the 1990 Caribbean Union of Teachers (CUT) Games in Georgetown, Guyana. Thompson showed his potential when he won the 100m in the under-17 age category in the 1991 CARIFTA Games in Port of Spain, Trinidad. It is the CARIFTA Games is an annual Caribbean junior track and field championship that has produced some notable Caribbean sprinters, including Usain Bolt Merlene Ottey, and Pauline Davis Thompson. The following three seasons, Thompson was a dominant 100 metres in the junior regional level, claiming four consecutive CARIFTA Games 100 m titles (twice in those under-17 and the younger divisions) and not losing to an Caribbean junior sprinter when he was just 14 years old. older. The year 1993 was the time that Thompson won the Barbados senior champion of the national senior 100 m and finished 2nd and 3rd in 100 and 200 meters in the 100 and 200 meters, respectively, at Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Just a few weeks later when he was just 17 years old, young, he took home his first 100-meter award at 1993’s Senior Central American and Caribbean Championships (CAC) in Cali, Colombia, clocking an equivocally wind-aided 10.30 seconds. (+2.1 m/s wind).

Despite attending one of the top academic high schools in the Caribbean and being among the best sprinters in his age group in the world, he was initially not recruited by any universities because Barbados was then only known for being a top tourist destination and producing outstanding cricketers, not sprinters. He was also not invited to the top American junior track meets for similar reasons. Not deterred, in early 1993, Thompson contacted Hall of Fame former UTEP head track coach, Bob Kitchens, who had trained Nigerian sprinter, Olapade Adeniken, to the 1992 NCAA Outdoor 100 and 200 metres titles.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Obadele Thompson Dating?

According to our records, Obadele Thompson married to Marion Jones. As of December 1, 2023, Obadele Thompson’s is not dating anyone.

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He was an eleven-time NCAA All-American and a sixteen-time Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Champion. Thompson won several Athlete of the Year awards, including the UTEP Athlete of the Year (1996 and 1997), US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) NCAA Division I Male Indoor Athlete of the Year (1997), and the Stan Bates WAC Male Student-Athlete of the Year (1997). He has also been listed as one of UTEP’s all-time top 10 male athletes.

Facts & Trivia

Obadele Ranked on the list of most popular Sprinter. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Barbados. Obadele Thompson celebrates birthday on March 30 of every year.

On his return to Barbados after his Olympic medal-winning performance, Thompson was greeted by thousands of well-wishers who lined the streets as his motorcade travelled from the airport to the Barbados Government headquarters, where the former Prime Minister, Owen Arthur, conferred on him the title of Ambassador and Special Envoy for Youth. Thompson was awarded the country’s fourth highest award, the Barbados Service Star Award, for his outstanding contribution to sports (1997), the Barbados Minister’s Award for Sports (2004), and was three times named the Barbados National Sports Personality of the year (1994, 1996, and 2000).

What is Obadele Thompson doing?

Obadele is now a Professional Athlete, Motivational Speaker and Personal Performance Consultant who now resides in Austin, Texas in the United States.

Who is Obadele Thompson wife?

Marion Jones

How did Obadele Thompson contribute to Barbados?

Life-changing impact. After clinching bronze medal at the 100m , Thompson came home to Barbados to a hero’s welcome with thousands of people lining the streets to celebrate his victory during his motorcade.

What events did Obadele Thompson participate in?

ResultsEventSport
B 100 metres| 100 metres| Athletics

4 200 metres| 200 metres| Athletics

Is Obadele Thompson still married?

In February 2007, Thompson married former American sprinter and basketball player, Marion Jones. They have three children.