Cynthia Thompson Explained

Birth Date:	1923 11, df=y
Birth Place:	Kingston, Jamaica
Sport:	Sprinting
Birth Name:	Cynthia Annabelle Thompson
Death Place:	Kingston, Jamaica

Cynthia Annabelle Thompson (29 November 1923 – 8 March 2019) was a Jamaican sprinter. She was born in Kingston, Jamaica.^[1]

She was one of four female athletes who represented Jamaica at its first Olympic Games, the 1948 Summer Olympics. Following her athletics career, she became a paediatrician and retired in 2000.^[2]

Notes and References

1. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/cynthia-thompson-1.html . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418071123/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/cynthia-thompson-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 15 April 2013.
2. News: History-making Olympian Cynthia Thompson passes away. The Gleaner. 8 March 2019 .