Jenny Thompson (runner)

Jean "Jenny" Thompson (October 10, 1910 – September 16, 1976) was a Canadian track and field athlete who competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. She was a member of Canada's first Olympic women's track and field team, later known as the "Matchless Six", which took part in the first Olympic Games to include women's athletics in 1928. Thompson competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay during the Games as part of the Canadian squad that included Fanny "Bobbie" Rosenfeld, Ethel Smith, Jane Bell, Myrtle Cook, and Ethel Catherwood.

Before the Olympics Thompson competed in Canadian amateur track and field competitions during the late 1920s, participating primarily in sprint events at a time when women's athletics in Canada was still developing organized national competition.

Thompson's participation in the 1928 Olympic team formed part of Canada's strong showing in the inaugural Olympic program for women's athletics, in which members of the Matchless Six won multiple medals and helped establish Canada as a leading nation in early international women's track and field competition.