Born Curtis Alexander Thompson on Feb. 8, 1996 to Karen and Scott Thompson … He has one brother, Christopher, who was a collegiate basketball player before getting injured...Thompson's athletic genes carry through the family as he has several aunts, uncles, and cousins who played badminton for the Jamaican national team...he has another aunt Nicole Sin Quee who is an accomplished multi-sport athlete (triathlon and duathlon)....Before finding javelin, he was a star football player.