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 (age 28)
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 Toronto 4×100 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

Career

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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

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  • 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

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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

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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

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  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 [dead link]
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