Tressa Thompson
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Career
She is a three-time NCAA shot put champion from the University of Nebraska in the late 1990s. In the early 1990s, Thompson won several high school shot put state titles. In 2000, she placed second at the USA Indoor shot put competition.[1]
Personal life
Just before she was due to go to the 2000 USA Olympics Trials, Tressa tested positive for cocaine and methamphetamine.[2]
Her addictions became the focus of an episode of the A&E television series Intervention. Following the show Tressa was sent to a 90-day intensive in-patient therapy known as "Hope By The Sea". She also reportedly went from the treatment facility to a sober living facility to continue her sobriety.
In 2016, Tressa opened a training center to focus on building better athletes.[3]
She was sentenced to jail for meth possession . [Omaha Woman Sentenced to 70 Months’ Imprisonment for Drug Conspiracy https://www.justice.gov/usao-ne/pr/omaha-woman-sentenced-70-months-imprisonment-drug-conspiracy]
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- 1975 births
- Living people
- American female shot putters
- Nebraska Cornhuskers women's track and field athletes
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- People from Creighton, Nebraska
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade
- Australian Athletics Championships winners
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners