The country's only Olympic medal to date is a bronze won by sprinter Obadele Thompson in the men's 100 metres at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
After the 2000 Olympics, Thompson was made "Ambassador and Special Envoy to the Youth" by former Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur.
Hunter S. Thompson | Richard Thompson | Richard Thompson (musician) | Fred Thompson | Tommy Thompson | Danny Thompson | Thompson | Thompson submachine gun | Thompson River | James R. Thompson | William Hale Thompson | Emma Thompson | Thompson Twins | Thompson Square | Dorothy Thompson | Jenny Thompson | Gina Thompson | Francis Thompson | Ernest Thompson Seton | Thompson Country | Ronny Thompson | Daley Thompson | Vicki Lewis Thompson | Sir Henry Thompson, 1st Baronet | Porl Thompson | Nucky Thompson | Linda Thompson (singer) | Linda Thompson | Kim Thompson | Ken Thompson |