Shawn-D Thompson


Shawn-D Thompson is a Jamaican long jumper.
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Early life

He attended GC Foster College in Spanish Town.

Career

He is coached by Marlon Gayle and has based his run-up style on Ivan Pedroso of Cuba. He was a silver medalist at the 2019 NACAC U23 Championships in Queretaro, Mexico, with a jump of 8.05 metres.
He finished fourth in the long jump at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, jumping 8.05 metres but missing out on bronze by a centimetre. He won a bronze medal at the 2022 NACAC Championships in Freeport, Bahamas with a jump of 7.75 metres.
In June 2024, he competed at the Jamaican Athletics Championships long jump and was initially credited with a second place finish and a new personal best although the jump was later ruled to have been a foul.
He was runner-up to Carey McLeod in the men’s long jump at the 2025 Jamaican Athletics Championships on 28 June with a jump of 7.84m. He was named in the Jamaican squad for the 2025 NACAC Championships in The Bahamas, winning the bronze medal. He was named as an alternative for the Jamaican team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.