Alys Thomas

Alys Thomas

Personal information
Full name	Alys Margaret Thomas
Nationality	British
Born	(1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 34)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Wales Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 200 m butterfly 2018 Gold Coast 4×100 m medley Representing  Great Britain European Championships (LC) 2018 Glasgow 200 m butterfly 2018 Glasgow 4×100m medley

Alys Margaret Thomas (born 10 October 1990) is a British professional swimmer. She gained a gold medal and the 200m Butterfly Commonwealth games record in 2018.

Life

She was born in 1990 and she went to Lady Eleanor Holles School in Hampton, London.^[1]

She competed in the women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2017 World Aquatics Championships.^[2][3] She won the women's 200 metres butterfly title at the Commonwealth Games in 2018, setting a new games record.^[4][5] She also won two bronze medals at the 2018 European Championships.^[6]

In April 2021, Thomas was named as a member of the British team to go to the postponed 2020 Olympics.^[7]

References

1. "Physical Education and Sport in Independent Schools". peandsport.co.uk. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
2. "Heats results". FINA. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
3. "2017 World Aquatics Championships > Search via Athletes". Budapest 2017. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
4. "Alys Thomas wins swimming gold for Wales". ITV News. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
5. "Welsh gold for Thomas in 200m butterfly". BBC Sport. 9 April 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
6. Ashenden, Mark (9 August 2018). "Freya Anderson wins relay bronze to end European Swimming Championships". Sky Sports.
7. "'Exceptionally high-quality' team named for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". Swim England Competitive Swimming Hub. 27 April 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

External links

• Alys Margaret Thomas at World Aquatics
• Alys Thomas at British Swimming (archived)
• Alys Thomas at Swimrankings.net
• Alys Margaret Thomas at Olympics.com
• Alys Thomas at Olympedia (archive)
• Alys Thomas at Team GB
• Alys Thomas at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
• Alys Thomas at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (archived)
• Alys Margaret Thomas at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games