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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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Joel Ladd Thomas (born December 13, 1966) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.
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]
