Currently coached by Craig Hilliard at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, Thomas has set personal bests over a diverse range of distances and has been nationally ranked over 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres and 400m Hurdles in various athletics season in Australia.[3] Thomas is a four time National Champion of the 400 metres hurdles. He is the second best Australian of all time in this event and he is the Tasmanian record holder. Thomas had displayed his ability whilst in school, winning an unprecedented four gold medals in the above events at the 2004 Australian All Schools Championships.[4] He was selected to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the 400 metres hurdles.[5] He finished 4th in heat four with a time of 49.13.[5] This qualified him for the semifinals.[5] He finished 7th in semifinal two with a time of 50.55. This did not qualify him for the next stage and this was the end of Thomas's competition. He has also competed in three World Championships (2009, 2011 and 2013). He won bronze in 2009 in the 4 x 400 metres relay. He now currently teaches as a maths teacher.[6] Thomas competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games but missed the 2010 competition due to injury. He was selected for the 2014 games but withdrew due to injury.[7][8]
tristan, thomas, born, 1986, brisbane, australian, track, field, athlete, specialising, metres, hurdles, 2012, summer, olympicspersonal, informationborn, 1986, 1986, height182, weight70, sportcountryaustraliasportathleticsevent400, hurdlesmedal, record, world,. Tristan Thomas born 23 May 1986 in Brisbane is an Australian track and field athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles 2 Tristan ThomasTristan Thomas at the 2012 Summer OlympicsPersonal informationBorn 1986 05 23 23 May 1986 age 37 Height182 cm 5 ft 11 1 2 in 1 Weight70 kg 150 lb SportCountryAustraliaSportAthleticsEvent400 m hurdlesMedal record World ChampionshipsBerlin 2009 4x400 m relayUniversiadeBangkok 2007 4x400 m relayBelgrade 2009 4x400 m relayBelgrade 2009 400 m hurdlesCurrently coached by Craig Hilliard at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra Thomas has set personal bests over a diverse range of distances and has been nationally ranked over 200 metres 400 metres 800 metres and 400m Hurdles in various athletics season in Australia 3 Thomas is a four time National Champion of the 400 metres hurdles He is the second best Australian of all time in this event and he is the Tasmanian record holder Thomas had displayed his ability whilst in school winning an unprecedented four gold medals in the above events at the 2004 Australian All Schools Championships 4 He was selected to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the 400 metres hurdles 5 He finished 4th in heat four with a time of 49 13 5 This qualified him for the semifinals 5 He finished 7th in semifinal two with a time of 50 55 This did not qualify him for the next stage and this was the end of Thomas s competition He has also competed in three World Championships 2009 2011 and 2013 He won bronze in 2009 in the 4 x 400 metres relay He now currently teaches as a maths teacher 6 Thomas competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games but missed the 2010 competition due to injury He was selected for the 2014 games but withdrew due to injury 7 8 Contents 1 Education 2 Personal bests 3 Progression 4 International competitions 5 References 6 External linksEducation editFor primary school Tristan Thomas attended Corpus Christi in Hobart Tasmania 5 For high school Thomas attended St Virgils also in Hobart 5 Thomas achieved a Bachelor of Engineering and Commerce at the Australian National University 5 Personal bests editEvent Performance Venue Date100m 10 87 Canberra Australia 1 November 2011200m 21 32 Melbourne Australia 14 March 2008400m 45 86 Canberra Australia 20 January 2009800m 1 47 83 Melbourne Australia 11 December 2008400m Hurdles 48 68 Osaka Japan 9 May 2009Progression editYear 400 metres 400m Hurdles2004 47 21 51 912005 47 11 51 302006 46 38 49 882007 46 66 2008 46 09 49 822009 45 86 49 612010 50 692011 46 64 2012 49 132013 49 56 2014 49 85 International competitions editYear Competition Venue Position Event NotesRepresenting nbsp Australia2004 Commonwealth Youth Games Bendigo Australia 1st 400 m1st Medley relay2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne Australia 11th sf 400 m hurdles 50 56World Cup Athens Greece 7th 400 m hurdles8th 4 400 m relay2009 Universiade Belgrade Serbia 1st 400 m hurdles 48 751st 4 400 m relay 3 03 67World Championships Berlin Germany 14th sf 400 m hurdles 49 763rd 4 400 m relay 3 00 902011 World Championships Daegu South Korea 10th h 4 400 m relay 3 01 562012 Summer Olympics London United Kingdom 21st sf 400 m hurdles 50 552013 World Championships Moscow Russia 18th sf 400 m hurdles 49 918th 4 400 m relay 3 02 26References edit Tristan Thomas london2012 olympics com au Australian Olympic Committee Retrieved 7 June 2014 Athletics Australia profile Tristan Thomas Archived 25 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine Tristan Thomas Australia s best ever combination 400m Hurdler Archived 6 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine Rise of the Rangas Inside Athletics April 2009 edition 1 Retrieved 7 October 2009 a b c d e f London 2012 Tristan Thomas 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics Berlin 4x400 Metres Relay MEN Final RESULTS PDF 23 August 2009 Archived from the original PDF on 10 June 2012 Retrieved 29 February 2016 Three more Tasmanian athletes selected for Australian Commonwealth Games team The Mercury Shaw Rob 18 June 2014 Thomas pulls out of Games The Examiner Retrieved 26 July 2014 External links editTristan Thomas at Australian Institute of Sport Tristan Thomas at World Athletics nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tristan Thomas amp oldid 1215612456, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
