THOMAS Donald

Olympic Games

Year	Location	High Jump
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	7th (2.29)
2012	London, GBR	Qual. (2.16)
2008	Beijing, CHN	Qual. (2.20)

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	Qual. (2.22)
2017	London, GBR	Qual. (2.22)
2015	Beijing, CHN	6th (2.29)
2013	Moscow, RUS	5th (2.32)
2011	Daegu, KOR	11th (2.20)
2009	Berlin, GER	Qual. (2.27)
2007	Osaka, JPN	1st (2.35)

Pan American Games

Year	Location	High Jump
2019	Lima, PER	11th (2.10)

NACAC Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2018	Toronto, ON, CAN	Finals (2.28)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	High Jump
2021	1 x 1st, 1 x 7th, 1 x 8th
2019	1 x 10th
2018	2 x 3rd, 3 x 5th, 1 x 8th
2017	1 x 3rd, 2 x 6th, 1 x 7th

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2021	High Jump	Gateshead, GBR	2.25
3	2018	High Jump	Oslo, NOR	2.25
3	2018	High Jump	Doha, QAT	2.30
3	2017	High Jump	Doha, QAT	2.29
5	2018	High Jump	Brussels, BEL	2.29
5	2018	High Jump	Monaco, MON	2.27
5	2018	High Jump	Lausanne, SUI	2.25
6	2017	High Jump	Rabat, MAR	2.27
6	2017	High Jump	Oslo, NOR	2.25
7	2021	High Jump	Florence, ITA	2.20
7	2017	High Jump	Birmingham, GBR	2.20

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
4	2021	High Jump	World Athletics Continental Tour	Hengelo, NED	2.20
7	2021	High Jump	World Athletics Continental Tour	Szekesfehervar, HUN	2.27

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2018	High Jump	World Challenge	Kingston, JAM	2.25
10	2018	High Jump	World Challenge	Ostrava, CZE	2.10

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2018	Birmingham, GBR	6th (2.20)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Athlete

Accounting, Marketing - Lindenwood University, Saint Charles, MO, USA

One daughter

English

Luis Pinilo [personal], CUB

He played basketball at university level in the United States of America. (pennathletics.net, 16 May 2007)

In 2019 he sustained a hamstring injury on his jumping leg that affected his performance at the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. It took him until May 2020 to fully recover. (tribune242.com, 13 Sep 2020)

A recurring back injury affected his performances throughout 2013. (thenassauguardian.com, 29 Oct 2013)

Injury disrupted his performance at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, and he suffered calf cramps at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (tribune242.com, 04 Sep 2012)

He sustained an ankle injury in 2008. (worldathletics.org, 11 Jun 2008)

He switched from basketball to high jump in 2006 while at Lindenwood University in the United States of America. (cbsnews.com, 06 Apr 2014; all-athletics.com, 21 Oct 2008)

He took up the sport when a member of the university athletics team made a bet with him that he could not clear a bar with a height of 183cm. He eventually went on to clear 213cm. (businessinsider.com, 15 Aug 2013; cstv.com, 20 Mar 2007)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tribune242.com, 13 Sep 2020)

"I don't like silver, I don't even wear silver jewellery." (Bahama Journal, 29 Aug 2007)

In 2007 he received the IAAF Newcomer of the Year award, and the Bahamas Amateur Athletic Association Athlete of the Year award. (thenassauguardian.com, 02 Jan 2008; IAAF, 25 Nov 2007)