Ian Thompson (high jumper)

Ian Thompson
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Bahamas
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
Gold medal – first place 1988 Nassau High jump
CARIFTA Games
Junior (U20)
Gold medal – first place 1988 Kingston High Jump
Silver medal – second place 1987 Port of Spain High Jump

Ian Thompson (Ian Ronald Thompson; 8 December 1968 – 15 March 1999) was a Bahamian high jumper.

Career

He finished eleventh at the 1995 World Championships. He won the Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in 1988.

He died in March 1999 and the Bahamian 4x100 metre women's relay team dedicated their gold medal in the 1999 World Championships to him.[1]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing the  Bahamas
1987 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 2nd 2.09 m
1988 CARIFTA Games (U-20) Kingston, Jamaica 1st 2.11 m
Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20) Nassau, Bahamas 1st 2.05 m
1993 Universiade Buffalo, United States 8th 2.21 m
1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 9th 2.25 m
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 11th 2.25 m
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 10th (q) 2.26 m
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 18th (q) 2.20 m

References

  1. ^ iaaf.org: Flash interviews: Women's 4x100m Relay Final. 28 August 1999



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