Joel Thomas (swimmer)
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| Full name | Joel Ladd Thomas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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December 12, 1966 Pasadena, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 229 lb (104 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of California, Berkeley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joel Ladd Thomas (born December 13, 1966) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.
At the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba, Thomas won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4×100-meter medley relay. Individually, he also received a silver medal for finishing second in the 100-meter freestyle event.
Thomas represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.[1] He received a gold medal for swimming for the first-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Joel Thomas. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
External links
- Joel Thomas – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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