Gabrielle Lisa Thomas (born December 7, 1996)^[2] is an American track and field athlete in 100 and 200 meter sprint. She won the bronze medal in the 200 m and a silver as part of the women's 4 × 100 m relay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. On August 25, 2023, she claimed the 200m silver medal in the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest with a time of 21.81 seconds.^[3] She would also go on to win gold as part of Team USA in the women's 4x100m relay final with a championship record of 41.03 seconds.^[4]

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Gabby Thomas

Thomas at the 2018 NCAA Division I Championships in Eugene
Personal information
Full name	Gabrielle Lisa "Gabby" Thomas
Born	(1996-12-07) December 7, 1996 (age 27)[1] Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.[1]
Home town	Northampton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education	Harvard University University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Track and field
Event	Sprint
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2020 Tokyo 200 m,  Bronze 4 × 100 m,  Silver
Personal bests	100 m: 11.00 (Eugene 2021) 200 m: 21.60 (Eugene 2023) 400 m: 49.68 (Austin 2023) Long jump: 6.27 m (20 ft 6+3⁄4 in) (Palo Alto 2017) Indoors 60 m: 7.21i (Fayetteville 2021) 200 m: 22.38i (College Station 2018) 300 m: 35.73i (New York 2021)
Medal record Women's athletics Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 4×100 m relay 2020 Tokyo 200 m World Championships 2023 Budapest 4×100 m relay 2023 Budapest 200 m

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Thomas was born December 7, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia to African American mother Jennifer Randall and Jamaican father Desmond Thomas.^[5] She has a twin brother named Andrew.^[6][7] In 2007, Randall moved the family to Massachusetts to teach at the University of Massachusetts after completing her PhD at Emory University. While the family settled in Florence, Thomas initially played softball and soccer, then joined the track and field team at the Williston Northampton School.^[8] She was inspired to run by Allyson Felix, stating that her first memory of a track race was watching Felix while at her grandmother's house. In four years at her high school, Thomas set multiple school records and was MVP every year.^[9][10]

A graduate of Harvard University, she studied neurobiology and global health as an undergraduate.^[11] Thomas was later pursuing a master's degree in epidemiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston at their Austin regional campus.^[11][12]

While at Harvard, Thomas won 22 conference titles across her three years of athletics in six different events, setting the school and Ivy League records in the 100 meters, 200 meters and the indoor 60 meters.^[10] She signed a contract with New Balance and turned pro in October 2018, forgoing her last year of collegiate eligibility.^[13]

After Harvard, she moved to Austin, Texas to be coached by Tonja Buford-Bailey.

Thomas experienced a health scare in 2021 when an MRI revealed a tumor on her liver, but it turned out to be benign.^[14] She represented the United States in the 200 meter race at the postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics.^[15] Her time of 21.61 seconds at the United States Olympic trials on June 26, 2021, was the second-fastest ever at the time, surpassed only by world record holder Florence Griffith-Joyner.^[16] The time even surprised Thomas herself; after the race, she said "It definitely changed how I view myself as a runner. I am still in shock... my dream was to make the Olympic team... Now that I've accomplished [that], I'm going to set higher goals."^[17] On August 3, 2021 in the Olympic final, Thomas won a bronze medal, running with a time of 21.87 s, behind Elaine Thompson-Herah (gold) and Christine Mboma (silver).^[18][19] Three days later, the U.S. team having qualified for the finals of the 4 x 100 m relay, Thomas ran anchor, and the team came in second place behind the Jamaican team, securing her the silver medal along with teammates Javianne Oliver, Teahna Daniels, and Jenna Prandini.^[20][21][19]