{{Short description|Costa Rican tennis player}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Kenneth Thome | image = | fullname = Kenneth Thome Bolaños | country_represented = {{CRC}} | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|11|01|df=yes}} | birth_place = San José, Costa Rica | death_date = | death_place = | height = 6 ft 1 in | plays = Right-handed | medaltemplates-expand = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}} {{MedalBronze|1987 Indianapolis|Men's doubles}} {{MedalCompetition|Central American Games}} {{MedalGold|1994 San Salvador|Men's doubles}} {{MedalGold|1994 San Salvador|Mixed doubles}} {{MedalBronze|1994 San Salvador|Men's singles}} {{MedalBronze|1994 San Salvador|Men's team}} {{MedalBronze|2017 Managua|Mixed doubles}} }} '''Kenneth Thome Bolaños''' (born 1 November 1968) is a Costa Rican former tennis player.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Espina |first1=Alejandro |title=Meeting Kenneth Thomé: from tennis star to serving ace advice |url=https://citywireamericas.com/news/meeting-kenneth-thome-from-tennis-star-to-serving-ace-advice/a841341 |website=Citywire |language=en |date=8 October 2015}}</ref>
Born in San José, Thome is a grandson of Costa Rican international footballer Hernán Bolaños and younger brother of tennis player Fred Thome. He won a bronze medal partnering his brother in doubles at the 1987 Pan American Games.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kenneth Thome: 'Si me dicen el atleta más viejo, con orgullo lo asumo' |url=https://www.nacion.com/puro-deporte/otros-deportes/kenneth-thome-si-me-dicen-el-atleta-mas-viejo/AEVDYEBRFRARNPHU2NBIQQUIGE/story/ |work=La Nación |date=14 December 2017 |language=es-LA}}</ref>
Thome, who played tennis for Rice University, featured in 14 Davis Cup ties for Costa Rica during the 1990s. He won eight of his nine singles rubbers and had an 11–3 record in doubles.
A four-time medalist at the 1994 Central American Games, he returned as a 49-year old to compete in mixed doubles at the 2017 edition in Managua and with partner Andrea Brenes won a playoff for the bronze medal.<ref>{{cite news |title=Kenneth Thome vuelve al ruedo a los 49 años |url=https://www.diarioextra.com/Noticia/detalle/349035/kenneth-thome-vuelve-al-ruedo-a-los-49-anos |work=Diario Extra |date=15 December 2017 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{ATP|t069}} * {{Davis Cup player|800323802}} * {{ITF profile|kenneth-thome-bolanos/800323802/crc}}
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