THOMPSON Lee

General
LATE STARTER
He only took up athletics at age 17, but he says he believes starting late is an advantage. "It's probably helped me out to be honest because I'm not tired of it, I'm still enjoying it. I'm hungry for more." (worksopguardian.co.uk, 22 Feb 2018)

RELAY MISFORTUNES
He was part of the British 4x400m team who were disqualified from the 4x400m relay at the 2018 European Team Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland, after British team officials accidentally entered shot putter Youcef Zatat, an athlete who was not at the competition, in the squad instead of 400m runner Rabah Yousif. At the 2019 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, he was part of the 4x400m team who made the final, but the team were disqualified before the baton reached him after Toby Harries and Yousif failed to exchange it. (metro.co.uk, 12 Aug 2019; thetimes.co.uk, 07 Oct 2019)

OCCUPATION
In November 2020 he began working full-time as a junior accountant for a British retail company. He has previously worked as a financial analyst and financial administrative assistant. He completed a certificate in business accounting with the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants [CIMA] in 2020. (thestar.co.uk, 11 Mar 2021; LinkedIn profile, 01 Nov 2020)