Run and was second at the Great Birmingham Run. On 22 September 2013, Thompson was crowned 'King of Richmond' beating Andy Vernon in the Kew Gardens 10k at the inaugural Richmond Running Festival. On 13 April 2014 Thompson came 11th in the 2014 London Marathon with a race time of 2 hours 11 minutes and 19 seconds. At the 2015 Great Birmingham run, Thompson won a closely contested race finishing the half-marathon in a time of 01:03:00 signalling that his persistent calf injury had finally healed. Thompson won the 2019 Bath half marathon, finishing with a time of 01:03:09. Thompson finished second in the 2020 The Vitality Big Half with a time of 1:01:07 (following Kenenisa Bekele's 1:00:22 course record time). Thompson qualified for the marathon event at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics, after winning the 2021 British Athletics Marathon and 20km Walk Trial event in March 2021. References External links Living people 1981 births Sportspeople from Barrow-in-Furness English male cross country runners British male cross country runners English male long-distance runners British male long-distance runners English male marathon runners British male marathon runners Olympic male long-distance runners Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for England Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games European Athletics Championships medalists British Athletics Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics