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Elaine Thompson-Herah
Elaine Thompson-Herah (née Thompson; born 28 June 1992) is a Jamaican sprinter who specializes in the 100 meters and 200 meters. She is the first woman to ever successfully defend the 100 meters and the 200 meters Olympic titles, achieving the landmark feat at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Thompson-Herah is a four-time Olympic champion who became a sprinting phenomenon after winning gold in the 100 and 200 meters both at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
In 2021, she set an Olympic & National Record of 10.61 seconds in the 100 meters at the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, making her the fastest woman alive and respectively the second fastest woman in history. At present, she also ranks as the second-fastest woman in the 200 meters with a time of 21.53 seconds, achieved in the final run of the 200 meters event at the Tokyo Olympics.
Thompson-Herah began competing internationally in 2013 and made her individual breakthrough in 2015 when she achieved her first mark below 11 seconds in the 100 meters and set her personal best of 21.66 seconds in the 200 meters. She was the 2019 Pan American Games champion and a two-time Diamond League winner.
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