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| birth_place= cm=182}}TRISTAN THOMAS>URL=HTTP://LONDON2012.OLYMPICS.COM.AU/ATHLETE/TRISTAN-THOMASPUBLISHER=AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, 7 June 2014, 70|kg}}| country= Australia| sport =Athletics| event=400 m hurdles| medaltemplates ={{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}{{Medal|Bronze| Berlin 2009 | 4x400 m relay}}{{Medal|Competition|Universiade}}{{Medal|Silver| Bangkok 2007 | 4x400 m relay}}{{Medal|Gold| Belgrade 2009 | 4x400 m relay}}{{Medal|Gold| Belgrade 2009 | 400 m hurdles}}}Tristan Thomas (born 23 May 1986 in Brisbane) is an Australian track and field athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.Athletics Australia profile – Tristan Thomas {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725154400weblink |date=25 July 2008 }}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.Tristan Thomas – Australia's best ever combination 400m Hurdler {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306183940weblink |date=6 March 2009 }} 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.Rise of the Rangas. Inside Athletics (April 2009 edition) weblink. Retrieved 7 October 2009. He was selected to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London in the 400 metres hurdles.London 2012 – Tristan Thomas He finished 4th in heat four with a time of 49.13. This qualified him for the semifinals. 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.WEB,weblink 12th IAAF World Championships in Athletics - Berlin - 4x400 Metres Relay MEN Final RESULTS, 23 August 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120610180503weblink">weblink 10 June 2012, 29 February 2016, 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.Three more Tasmanian athletes selected for Australian Commonwealth Games team | The MercuryNEWS, Shaw, Rob, Thomas pulls out of Games,weblink 26 July 2014, The Examiner, 18 June 2014,

Education

For primary school Tristan Thomas attended Corpus Christi in Hobart, Tasmania. For high school Thomas attended St Virgils also in Hobart. Thomas achieved a Bachelor of Engineering and Commerce at the Australian National University.

Personal bests

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"!Event!Performance!Venue!Date|100m10.87|Canberra, Australia |1 November 2011|200m21.32|Melbourne, Australia |14 March 2008|400m45.86|Canberra, Australia |20 January 2009|800m1:47.83|Melbourne, Australia |11 December 2008|400m Hurdles48.68|Osaka, Japan |9 May 2009

Progression

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"!Year!400 metres!400m Hurdles|200447.2151.91|200547.1151.30|200646.3849.88|200746.66-|200846.0949.82|200945.8649.61|2010 –50.69|201146.64 –|2012 – 49.13|201349.56 –|201449.85 –

International competitions{| {{AchievementTable|Eventyes}}

!colspan="6"|Representing {{AUS}}2004Commonwealth Youth Games Bendigo, Australia 1st|400 m| 1st|Medley relay|2006Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games>Commonwealth Games |Melbourne, Australia|11th (sf)|400 m hurdlesAthletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles>50.56World Cup Athens, Greece|7th|400 m hurdles||8th|4 × 400 m relay|2009UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia 1st|400 m hurdlesAthletics at the 2009 Summer Universiade – Men's 400 metres hurdles>48.75 1st|4 × 400 m relay3:03.67)World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany|14th (sf)|400 m hurdles2009 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles>49.763rd|4 × 400 m relay3:00.90)|20112011 World Championships in Athletics>World Championships|Daegu, South Korea|10th (h)|4 × 400 m relay3:01.56)|2012Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics>Summer Olympics|London, United Kingdom|21st (sf)|400 m hurdlesAthletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres hurdles>50.552013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia|18th (sf)|400 m hurdles2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles>49.91|8th|4 × 400 m relay3:02.26)

References

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External links

• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20081024045446weblink">Tristan Thomas at Australian Institute of Sport
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