Pertria thomas biography of christopher kennedy
Primarily a butterfly swimmer, Petria Thomas has overcome major shoulder injuries to become one of the top butterflyers ever. Thomas first competed at the Olympics in , winning a silver medal in the fly. At Sydney in she won three medals, bronze in the fly, and silvers in two relays. Her best Olympic performance came in Athens when she won four medals, with three gold medals.
Pertria thomas biography of christopher In , at the age of 17, Thomas won a bronze medal in the metre butterfly at the World Short Course Championships. However, she then struggled for two years, until making a comeback at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta in She won a silver medal, finishing second to fellow Australian Susie O'Neill. Despite being plagued by a shoulder injury, Thomas repeated her Commonwealth Games effort at the Games in Kuala Lumpur. She also won a bronze in the metre butterfly and a silver in the metre at the World Championships in Perth, the same year.She also won her first individual gold medal in the fly, adding gold in the free relay and the medley relay. But Thomas’s best meet may have been the World Championships when she won three gold medals, including both the and fly, and the medley relay. In , she became the first swimmer to win the same event at three consecutive Commonwealth Games, when she won the fly in Manchester, England.
Thomas has accomplished this despite having sustained numerous shoulder dislocations, which have required surgery on both shoulders.
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Olympics | Swimming (Aquatics) | AUS | Petria Thomas | ||
| metres Butterfly, Women(Olympic) | 2 | Silver | |||
| Summer Olympics | Swimming (Aquatics) | AUS | Petria Thomas | ||
| 4 × metres Freestyle Relay, Women(Olympic) | Australia | 2 | Silver | ||
| metres Butterfly, Women(Olympic) | 4 | ||||
| metres Butterfly, Women(Olympic) | 3 | Bronze | |||
| 4 × metres Medley Relay, Women(Olympic) | Australia | 2 | Silver | ||
| Summer Olympics | Swimming (Aquatics) | AUS | Petria Thomas | ||
| 4 × metres Freestyle Relay, Women(Olympic) | Australia | 1 | Gold | ||
| 4 × metres Freestyle Relay, Women(Olympic) | Australia | 4 | |||
| metres Butterfly, Women(Olympic) | 1 | Gold | |||
| metres Butterfly, Women(Olympic) | 2 | Silver | |||
| 4 × metres Medley Relay, Women(Olympic) | Australia | 1 | Gold |
Other participations
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympians Who Set a World Record in Long Course Swimming (4× m freestyle relay – 14 August - 31 July (14 August ; Athina, GRE); 4× m medley relay – 21 August - 21 March (21 August ; Athina, GRE))
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships (3–3–1 Kobe silver: 4× m medley relay, bronze: m butterfly; Yokohama gold: m butterfly, 4× m freestyle relay, and 4× m medley relay, silver: m butterfly and 4× m freestyle relay)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Aquatics Championships (3–2–2 Perth SWI silver: m butterfly and 4× m medley relay, bronze: m butterfly and 4× m freestyle relay; Fukuoka SWI gold: m butterfly, m butterfly, and 4× m medley relay)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Short-Course Swimming Championships (25 m) (1–6–2 Palma de Mallorca silver: 4× m medley relay, bronze: m butterfly; Hong Kong silver: m butterfly and 4× m medley relay; Moskva gold: m butterfly, silver: 50 m butterfly, m butterfly, and 4× m freestyle relay, bronze: 4× m freestyle relay)
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the British Empire/Commonwealth Games (9–2–1 Victoria SWI gold: m butterfly and 4× m medley; Kuala Lumpur SWI gold: m butterfly and 4× m medley, silver: m butterfly; Manchester SWI gold: 50 m butterfly, m butterfly, m butterfly, 4× m freestyle, and 4× m medley, silver: 4× m freestyle, bronze: m freestyle)