Obadele Thompson is an Olympic medalist, NCAA champion, author, speaker, and attorney.
Unrecruited in high school, Obadele contacted The University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP), hopin...view moreObadele Thompson is an Olympic medalist, NCAA champion, author, speaker, and attorney.
Unrecruited in high school, Obadele contacted The University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP), hoping for an athletic scholarship. He succeeded and went on to have a record-setting collegiate career.
After graduating summa cum laude in Economics and Marketing, he competed globally as a professional athlete for a decade, winning a medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
SELECT HONORS
Olympic 100-meter dash Medalist
4 x NCAA Individual Champion
2 x NCAA Record Holder
NCAA Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
NCAA Today’s Top VIII Recipient
CoSIDA First Team-at-Large Academic All-Americanview less