Bahamian sprinter
Pauline Davis-Thompson
Born (1966-07-09 ) 9 July 1966 (age 57)
Nassau, Bahamas
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
NCAA National Champion in the 200-meter dash while setting a collegiate national record as a member of the
Alabama Crimson Tide team at the
University of Alabama . Then in 1995, she won the silver medal in the
200 metres at the
IAAF World Indoor Championships and won another silver, this time in the
400 metres , at the
1995 World Championships in Athletics .[
citation needed ]
She ran at the
1996 Atlanta Olympics the following year and although she narrowly missed out on a medal in the 400 m, she helped the Bahamian team to a silver medal in the
4 x 100 metres relay . In 1997 she made both the 400 m and 100 m relay finals but failed to win a medal in either event. She received her first World Championships gold medal two years later, in 1999, aiding the Bahamian relay team to victory.[
citation needed ]
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
IAAF council in 2007.
[5]
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
Achievements
Representing the
Bahamas
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
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
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)
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
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 .
^
Congratulations Pauline! - Five Olympic champions now in IAAF Council .
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 .
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