Damion Thomas
- 60 mH: 7.51 (2021)
- 110 mH: 13.11 (2021)
Damion Thomas Jr. (born June 29, 1999) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 110 and 60m hurdles.[1]
A student at Louisiana State University (LSU),[2] he was the fastest qualifier but ultimately came fourth in the final of the 2017 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships.[3] Then, on the 23 June 2018, he equaled Wilhem Belocian's 110m hurdle junior world record of 12.99s when winning the Junior National Championships in Kingston, Jamaica.[4] He then won the 110m hurdles at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships.[5]
He won the 2021 NCAA Indoor 60m hurdle title, broke the LSU school record, and became the fifth-fastest hurdler in NCAA history.[6]
At the 2020 Summer Games Thomas ran 13.54 seconds to get through his heat and then ran 13.39 seconds to finish third in his semi final in the 110m hurdles.[7]
In February 2024, he was selected to run for Jamaica at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.[8]
References
- ^ "Damion THOMAS | Profile". worldathletics.org.
- ^ "Damion Thomas - 2021 - Track & Field". LSU Tigers. 8 July 2019.
- ^ "XIX PANAMERICAN U20 TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS Results". timerhub.com.
- ^ "Thomas ties world U20 110m hurdles record at Jamaican Junior Championships | REPORT | World Athletics". www.worldathletics.org.
- ^ "World U20 Championships". LSU Tigers. 10 July 2018.
- ^ Spann, Denise. "LSU's Damion Thomas Has Found His Stride At The Perfect Time". MileSplit United States.
- ^ "Athletics THOMAS Damion - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Archived from the original on 2021-08-05. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
- ^ "Ackeem Blake, Shashalee Forbes lead Jamaica's 19-member team to World Indoors". Sportsmax. February 23, 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
External links
- LSU Tigers bio
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- 1986:
Colin Jackson (GBR)
- 1988:
Reinaldo Quintero (CUB)
- 1990:
Antti Haapakoski (FIN)
- 1992:
Evgeny Pechonkin (EUN)
- 1994:
Frank Busemann (GER)
- 1996:
Yoel Hernández (CUB)
- 1998:
Staņislavs Olijars (LAT)
- 2000:
Yuniel Hernández (CUB)
- 2002:
Antwon Hicks (USA)
- 2004:
Aries Merritt (USA)
- 2006:
Artur Noga (POL)
- 2008:
Konstantin Shabanov (RUS)
- 2010:
Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (FRA)
- 2012:
Yordan O'Farrill (CUB)
- 2014:
Wilhem Belocian (FRA)
- 2016:
Marcus Krah (USA)
- 2018:
Damion Thomas (JAM)
- 2021:
Sasha Zhoya (FRA)
- 2022:
Antoine Andrews (BAH)
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