Gabby Thomas is an American track-and-field athlete. She is the second-fastest woman of all time in the 200 meters with her result of 21.61 seconds, which was set at the 2020 US Olympic trials.
Gabby Thomas: 200m| 100m| College| Track bio| Harvard track
200m:
When the 24-year-old crossed the 200m line in 21.61 seconds at the U.S Olympic Trials back in June, not only was the time a third personal best in three days of competition, but it also heralded her as the second-fastest woman ever in the distance.
The only person to have ever run under Thomas’ time? The legendary Florence Griffith-Joyner who ran 21.56 in the 200m semi-finals at Seoul 1988, and then her world record time of 21.34 in the final.
100m:
Thomas was startled by her time, too. Asked afterwards if it was her perfect race, she laughed, screwed up her face and looked up above, like she might find a good answer pasted to the ceiling.
“How do I tell you I don’t know?” she said. “I couldn’t feel my legs, I couldn’t think, I was blacking out, so I don’t know. Was it a perfect race? It had to be. I’m sure people are always capable of going faster, there are always things to fix, but it had to be.
College:
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born | December 7, 1996[1] Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.[1] |
| Home town | Florence, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University University of Texas at Austin Williston Northampton School |
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[1] |
Thomas graduated with a neurobiology degree and a secondary in global health and health policy in 2019. She moved to Austin, Texas, shortly after for both track and school. Now training with Buford-Bailey, she also is attending graduate school at the University of Texas for epidemiology.
Track Bio:
Harvard Track:
First, Thomas was studying at Harvard University. Then she was upping sticks to Texas, navigating sprint training and graduate school.
Now the young beacon of promise, who has developed at the historic Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, comes to Tokyo carrying all the expectations of a nation looking for a slice of Olympic sprinting glory.
