Co Cardiff · GBR
Thomas is a swimmer from the United Kingdom, an individual medley specialist and an international traveller on the circuit, whose official competitive record spans 9 seasons, 10 years, 10 countries and 31 meets.
His recorded career begins in 2005, and one of his earliest marks still on file is the 400 individual medley in 4:09.04, raced in Manchester.
His signature event is the 400 individual medley, the event he has raced the most, followed by the 200 individual medley and 200 butterfly. Individual medley is the backbone of the whole record: 30 meets and 35 recorded swims.
His fastest 400 individual medley stands at 4:13.63, set in long course (50 m) at 13th FINA World Championships 2009.
He has raced at the Olympic Games level, in 2008 (Olympic Games Beijing 2008). A representative mark at that level is 4:16.72 in the 400 individual medley, recorded in long course (50 m). He also appears in world championships, continental championships, national championships and international meets.
After a 2-year break between 2006 and 2008, he came back to racing and the record picks up again in 2008. 2012 is the busiest season on record, with 13 verified individual swims.
He is a genuinely international swimmer: the official record spans 10 countries (the United Kingdom, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Australia, China, Spain, Ireland, UNK and the United States), including 12 of 31 meets outside the United Kingdom.
Those meets span 20 different venues (Sheffield, Glasgow, Swansea and Cardiff…). He has raced for Co Cardiff.
Latest competition: 20th Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, on July 25, 2014, with 1 swim: 4:19.23 in the 400 individual medley, all in long course (50 m). He closes this record with 8 current event personal bests and 17 all-time PB improvements, across 43 verified official swims in competitions governed by Aquatics GB and World Aquatics.