Shawn-D Thompson (born 20 January 1997) is a Jamaican long jumper.

Early life

He attended GC Foster College in

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Career

He is coached by Marlon Gayle and has based his run-up style on

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of Cuba. He was a silver medalist at the 2019 NACAC U23 Championships in Queretaro,

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, with a jump of 8.05 metres. He finished fourth in the long jump at the

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, England, jumping 8.05 metres but missing out on bronze by a centimetre. He won a bronze medal at the 2022 NACAC Championships in

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with a jump of 7.75 metres. In June 2024, he competed at the Jamaican Athletics Championships long jump and was initially credited with a second place finish and a new personal best although the jump was later ruled to have been a foul. He was runner-up to

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in the men’s long jump at the 2025 Jamaican Athletics Championships on 28 June with a jump of 7.84m.

References

1997 births Living people Jamaican male long jumpers 21st-century Jamaican sportsmen {{Jamaica-athletics-bio-stub