Kemel Thompson (born 25 September 1974) is a former

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

n athlete who competes in the

400 metres hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Summer Olympics, Olympic Sport of athletics, athletics programme since 1900 Summer Olympics, 1900 for men and since 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 for women. On a ...

. His personal best time is 48.05 seconds, achieved in London in 2003. Kemel competed for the

University of South Florida The University of South Florida (USF) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus located in Tampa, Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States, and other campuses in St. Petersburg, Florida, St. Petersburg and Sarasota, ...

from 1992–1996 and graduated from

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university sinc ...

's Business School in 2003. He was a member of the Jamaican Olympic Team at the

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and

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

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* 1974 births Living people Jamaican male hurdlers Olympic athletes for Jamaica Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Alumni of Loughborough University Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Jamaica Central American and Caribbean Games bronze medalists for Jamaica Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games World Athletics Indoor Championships winners Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics South Florida Bulls men's track and field athletes 20th-century Jamaican sportsmen 21st-century Jamaican sportsmen Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Jamaican Athletics Championships winners Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub