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Joel Thomas (swimmer) 
Summary
Joel Ladd Thomas (born December 13, 1966) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.
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| Full name | Joel Ladd Thomas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 13, 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Attended John Muir High School.
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 edit
References edit
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Joel Thomas Archived 2012-10-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games Archived 2012-04-18 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 31, 2012.
External links edit
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joel Thomas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-24.