Gabrielle Thomas

This article is about the American track and field athlete who is the current 200 meter Olympic champion. For the Emmerdale character, see Gabby Thomas (Emmerdale).

Gabby Thomas
Thomas on July 25, 2024 in Paris
Personal information
Full nameGabrielle Lisa Thomas
Born (1996-12-07) December 7, 1996 (age 27)[1]
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.[1]
Home townNorthampton, Massachusetts, U.S.
EducationPace Academy[2]
Harvard University
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)[1]
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportTrack and field
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
  • 2024 Paris
  • 200 m,  Gold
  • 4 × 100 m,  Gold
  • 4 × 400 m,  Gold
  • 2020 Tokyo
  • 200 m,  Bronze
  • 4 × 100 m,  Silver
Personal bests
  • 100 m: 11.00 (Eugene 2021)
  • 200 m: 21.60 (Eugene 2023)
  • 400 m: 49.68 (Austin 2023)
  • Long jump: 6.27 m (20 ft 6+3⁄4 in) (Palo Alto 2017)
  • Indoors
  • 60 m: 7.21i (Fayetteville 2021)
  • 200 m: 22.38i (College Station 2018)
  • 300 m: 35.73i (New York 2021)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 4×400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 200 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest 4×100 m relay
Silver medal – second place 2023 Budapest 200 m
World Relays
Gold medal – first place 2024 Nassau 4×100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2024 Nassau 4×400 m relay

Gabrielle Lisa Thomas (born December 7, 1996)[3] is an American track and field athlete specializing in 100 and 200 meter sprint who is the 2024 200m Olympic champion. Born in Georgia and raised in Massachusetts, Thomas competed in college for Harvard University before beginning a professional track career in 2018. Thomas also has a master of public health degree in epidemiology.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, she won the bronze medal in the 200 m and a silver as part of the women's 4 × 100 m relay. On August 25, 2023, she claimed the 200 m silver medal in the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest with a time of 21.81 seconds.[4] She won gold as part of Team USA in the women's 4x100m relay final with a championship record of 41.03 seconds.[5] At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Thomas won three gold medals; individually in the 200 m, and alongside her teammates in the 4 × 100 m relay and 4 × 400 m relay, in which they ran an American record and the second-fastest time ever.

  1. ^ a b c "Team USA | Gabby Thomas". teamusa.org. USOC. April 11, 2024. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  2. ^ "Gabby Thomas' Olympic flame was first lit racing the boys at Atlanta's Pace Academy". August 7, 2024.
  3. ^ "Gabrielle THOMAS – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Archived from the original on June 14, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2023.
  4. ^ "FINAL | 200 Metres | Results | Budapest 23 | World Athletics Championships". worldathletics.org. Archived from the original on September 17, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  5. ^ McAlister, Sean (August 26, 2023). "World Athletics Championships 2023: Sha'Carri Richardson leads USA to 4x100m relay gold over Jamaica's superstars Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Shericka Jackson". olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on September 17, 2023. Retrieved September 16, 2023.