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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1966-12-13) December 13, 1966 (age 55) 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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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]
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