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Dwight Thomas was born on 23 September, 1980 in Jamaica, is a Jamaican sprinter. Discover Dwight Thomas's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 43 years old?
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He is a member of famous sprinter with the age 43 years old group.
Dwight Thomas Height, Weight & Measurements
At 43 years old, Dwight Thomas height is 1.85 m and Weight 82 kg.
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1.85 m |
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82 kg |
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Dwight Thomas Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Dwight Thomas worth at the age of 43 years old? Dwight Thomas’s income source is mostly from being a successful sprinter. He is from Jamaica. We have estimated Dwight Thomas's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
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.
He won gold medals at the CARIFTA Games in both 1998 and 1999.
At the 1998 World Junior Championships in Annecy, France, Thomas competed for Jamaica winning a bronze medal in the 100 m, the first in his country's history in the event at the time.
Three days later Jamaica won the 4 × 100 m relay.
In 1999 Thomas competed at the Junior Pan American Games in Tampa, Florida, winning the 100 m in 10.37 and the 200 m in 20.66; he was also a part of the winning 4 × 400 m relay team, running the second leg in the finals.
While Thomas attended Clemson University he was the ACC Athlete of the year winning the 60 m and the 60 m hurdles indoor, 100 m and the 200 m outdoor at the ACC Championship and an All American at the NCAA indoor Championship 2002.
Thomas was the runner up at the NCAA Championship in the 100 m and the 200 m outdoor, held at LSU in Baton Rouge, to Justin Gatlin, who two years later would become the Olympic Champion in the 100 m.
Thomas transferred to the University of Florida in the fall of 2002 to continue his studies and coached by Mike Holloway, the Head Track & Field coach of the Gators.
Thomas opted to go pro instead after finding out, he had to sit out his first year after arriving at Florida under a partial release from Clemson University.
He would continue his studies at Florida, while being coached and mentored by Coach Holloway.
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.
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.
Thomas started athletics at an early age, competing for Calabar High School.