Dwight Thomas

Dwight Thomas

Dwight Thomas during the 2010 FBK-Games
Personal information
Nationality	Jamaica
Born	(1980-09-23) 23 September 1980 (age 36)
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres, 110 metres hurdles
College team	Clemson University
Club	Adidas Sports
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100m: 10.00 s (Linz 2005) 200m: 20.29 s (Bydgoszcz 2007) 110m hurdles: 13.15 s (Oslo 2011)
Medal record Men’s Athletics Representing  Jamaica Olympic Games Disqualified 2008 Beijing 4×100 m relay World Championships 2009 Berlin 4×100 m relay Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg 4×100 m relay CAC Junior Championships (U20) 1998 George Town 110 m hurdles 1998 George Town 4x100 m relay CAC Junior Championships (U17) 1996 San Salvador 4x100 m relay 1996 San Salvador 110 m hurdles CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 1997 Bridgetown 4×100 m relay 1998 Port of Spain 100m 1998 Port of Spain 100m hurdles 1999 Fort-de-France 100m 1999 Fort-de-France 200m

100m: 10.00 s (Linz 2005)
200m: 20.29 s (Bydgoszcz 2007)

Dwight Thomas O.D (born 23 September 1980) is a Jamaican sprinter, mainly competing in the 100 metres event and more recently the 110 m hurdles.

He won the bronze medal at the IAAF World Junior Championships in 1998 at the 100 m and gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay, competed in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics and finished 5th at the 2005 World Championships. Later in 2005 he placed third at the IAAF World Athletics Final; he was ranked #4 in the world that year by Track & Field News.

Thomas represented Jamaica at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. He competed at the 4 × 100 m relay together with Michael Frater, Nesta Carter and Asafa Powell. In their qualification heat they placed first in front of Canada, Germany and China. Their time of 38.31 was the second out of sixteen participating nations in the first round and they qualified for the final. Thomas was replaced by Usain Bolt for the final race and they sprinted to a new world record time of 37.10 seconds, claiming the gold medal. The gold medal was later vacated by the IOC in 2017 when a retest of teammate Nesta Carter found the presence of the prohibited substance methylhexaneamine.