Cherelle Thompson (born 14 May 1992) is a

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swimmer.

Career

In 2011, she competed in the

women's 50 metre freestyle A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as " women's rights" to denote female humans rega ...

event at the

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held in Shanghai, China. She did not advance to compete in the semi-finals. She represented Trinidad and Tobago at the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

held in Gwangju, South Korea. She competed in the

event. She did not advance to compete in the semi-finals. She competed in the

event at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan.

Personal life

She studied at the

University of Tennessee The University of Tennessee (officially The University of Tennessee, Knoxville; or UT Knoxville; UTK; or UT) is a public land-grant research university in Knoxville, Tennessee. Founded in 1794, two years before Tennessee became the 16th state ...

in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.

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* 1992 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Trinidad and Tobago female swimmers University of Tennessee alumni Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Trinidad and Tobago Tennessee Volunteers women's swimmers Swimmers at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago Swimmers at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago {{Trinidad-swimming-bio-stub