Elaine Thompson-Herah

Elaine Thompson-Herah, born Elaine Thompson on 28 June 1992, is a Jamaican sprinter who competes in the 60, 100 and 200 metres and is a five-time Olympic champion. She is a native of Banana Ground in Manchester Parish. At the 2016 Rio Olympics she won both the 100 m and the 200 m, the first woman to do so since Florence Griffith Joyner in 1988, and she defended both titles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, setting an Olympic record of 10.61 seconds in the 100 m, then added gold in the 4 x 100 m relay to complete an Olympic sprint triple. At the 2021 Prefontaine Classic she ran a Jamaican and Diamond League record of 10.54 seconds, the first woman to break the 40 km/h barrier. An Achilles tendon injury after Rio affected her at the 2017 and 2019 World Championships. She was voted Laureus Sportswoman of the Year for 2021.