Kareem Streete-Thompson

 

Kareem Streete-Thompson

Medal record
Athletics
Competitor for Cayman Islands
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	1992 Tegucigalpa	Long jump
Gold	1990 Havana	Long jump
Silver	1992 Tegucigalpa	100 m
CARIFTA Games Junior (U20)
Gold	1990 Kingston	Long Jump
CARIFTA Games Youth (U17)
Gold	1989 Bridgetown	Long Jump
Gold	1988 Kingston	Long Jump
Gold	1987 Port of Spain	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.

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	18th (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	5th (h)	100 m	10.78   (-2.2 m/s)
19th (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)
10th (q)	Long jump	7.75 m   (0.2 m/s)
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	5th (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	DNS (h)	100 m
3rd	Long jump	7.89 m   (1.2 m/s)
2003	Central American and Caribbean Championships	St George's, Grenada	1st	Long jump	8.12 m w
World Championships	Paris, France	10th (q)	Long jump	7.87 m   (-1.0 m/s)
Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	4th	Long jump	7.96 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	5th (qf)	100 m	10.24   (-0.2 m/s)
9th (q)	Long jump	7.85 m   (0.7 m/s)
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	6th (qf)	100 m	10.71   (-0.4 m/s)
3rd (h)	4x100 m relay	40.76
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	DNS	100 metres

External links

• IAAF profile for Kareem Streete-Thompson
• Picture of Kareem Streete-Thompson