Tressa Thompson (born May 6, 1975, in Bloomfield, Nebraska) is an American shot putter.
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.
[1] Just before she was due to go to the 2000 USA Olympics Trials, Tressa tested positive for cocaine and methamphetamine.
Following the show Tressa was sent to a 90-day intensive in-patient therapy known as "Hope By The Sea".