Jackie Thompson

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameJacqueline Anne "Jackie"•Thompson (-Dunn)
Used nameJackie•Thompson
Born20 July 1954 in San Diego, California (USA)
Measurements175 cm / 61 kg
AffiliationsMickeys Missles Track Club
NOC United States

Biography

A sprinter, Jackie Thompson ran in the 1972 Olympic Games while still a student at Lincoln High School in San Diego. She won the 1972 Olympic Trials 200, and placed third at the 1973 AAU Meet. Her 1972 Olympic appearance was her only one in a major international, but in 1973, she ran for the US four times in international dual meets, against West Germany, Italy, the Soviet Union, and Africa. Thompson attended the University of New Mexico and ran for Mickey’s Missiles.

Personal Bests: 100 – 11.56 (1973); 200 – 23.08 (1973); 400 – 55.3 (1969).

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1972 Summer Olympics Athletics USA Jackie Thompson
200 metres, Women (Olympic) 6 h1 r3/4