Elaine Thompson-Herah

Jamaica's double sprint champion who became the fastest woman in 33 years when she ran 10.

Elaine Thompson-Herah was born in Banana Ground, Jamaica in 1992 and became the fastest living woman in history and the first female sprinter to win the 100m and 200m double at two consecutive Olympic Games — Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2021. She competed for Jamaica from 2014. At Tokyo 2021 she ran 10.61 seconds in the 100m final and 21.53 seconds in the 200m — the latter the second-fastest women's 200m in history, behind only Florence Griffith-Joyner's 1988 world record of 21.34. Her personal best of 10.54 seconds for 100m makes her the second-fastest woman in history. She won 5 Olympic gold medals across 2 Games. She won the World Championship 100m title in Eugene 2022. She was IAAF Female Athlete of the Year in 2021. Her dominance of women's sprinting from 2016 to 2022 — during which time she won every major championship 100m she entered — places her alongside the finest female sprinters in history. Her combination of explosive start, powerful acceleration and upright running style is technically distinctive from Jamaica's sprinting tradition.

Explosive starter with strong finishing kick in sprints

First woman to win 100m-200m double at consecutive Olympics

• Olympic Gold 100m, 200m Tokyo 2021
• Olympic Gold 100m, 200m, 4x100m Rio 2016
• First woman to win 100m-200m double at 2 consecutive Olympics
• World Champion 100m 2022
• IAAF Athlete of Year 2021