Noemie Thomas

Noemie Thomas (born February 4, 1996)[1] is a Canadian swimmer who competes in the women's butterfly competitions.[2] She holds the Canadian national record in the butterfly over the 50 m in the short course.[3][4][5][6] Thomas also holds the Canadian junior butterfly record in the 100 m.

Noemie Thomas
Santa Clara 2016
Personal information
Nationality Canada
Born (1996-02-04) February 4, 1996
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight130 lb (59 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly, Freestyle
ClubUBC Dolphins Swim Club
College teamUniversity of California, Berkeley
Medal record
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto4×100 m medley
Junior Pan Pacific Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Honolulu 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2012 Honolulu 4×100 m medley

Background

Thomas started swimming lessons at age five and her first swim club was the Richmond Kigoos.

Career

The Richmond, B.C., native made a big splash at the 2012 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in August in Hawaii. She took gold in the 100-metre butterfly, silver in the 4x100-m medley relay and finished fourth in the 200-m fly.

Noemie Thomas had her senior international coming-out party at the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), held in December. She set and then beat her own Canadian record in the 50-m butterfly at the world short-course meet, finishing fourth by just 0.05 seconds in the final. She followed up by establishing a new national mark in the 100-m fly and once again finished just outside the medals in fourth.

Success continued to follow her in 2013, capped by a seventh-place finish in the 100-m butterfly at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona. She earned Swimming Canada’s 2013 Junior Female Swimmer of the Year award for her performance. She and Katerine Savard give Canada a pair of medal threats in the event.

In 2016, she was officially named to Canada's Olympic team for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[7]

Results
  • 4th place, 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), 50 m butterfly.
  • 4th place, 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), 100 m butterfly.
  • 7th place, 2013 FINA World Championships (long course), 100 m butterfly.

Personal best times

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Long course
Event Time Venue Date Notes
50 m butterfly 26.23 Saskatoon, Canada. July 16, 2014
100 m butterfly 57.02 Toronto, Canada. April 5, 2016
200 m butterfly 2.11.19 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. April 4, 2015

Short course
Event Time Venue Date Notes
50 m butterfly 25.60 Istanbul, Turkey December 16, 2012 List of Canadian records in swimming
100 m butterfly 56.64 Istanbul, Turkey December 15, 2012
200 m butterfly 2.08.11 New Westminster, Canada. February 16, 2014

References
  1. "Noemie Thomas - Women's Swimming & Diving".
  2. "Female sprinters make their mark as teams are named". Swimming.ca. Swimming Canada. Retrieved April 14, 2015.
  3. "Swimming Canada". Swimming.ca. Swimming Canada. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  4. "Swimming Canada". www.swimming.ca. Archived from the original on October 30, 2007.
  5. "Swimming Canada". Swimming.ca. Swimming Canada. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  6. "Swimming Canada". Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. Retrieved April 25, 2015.
  7. "Olympic Team Nominated for Rio 2016". Swimming.ca. Swimming Canada. April 10, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2016.
  8. https://www.swimming.ca/Rankings.aspx?page=athleteDetail&athleteId=4462082


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