Nathan Thomas (water polo)
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| Born | 28 August 1972 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | ||||||||||||||
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Nathan Thomas (born 28 August 1972) is an Australian water polo player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics.[1][2] Thomas was the captain of the Australia men's national water polo team in 2004.[3]
Personal life
[edit]Thomas was raised in Tamworth, Australia, where he attended West Tamworth High School. He has since retired from water polo and has focused on other aspects of his life, such as his daughters Nioka and Zoe.[4] His daughter Nioka has since joined UC Irvine Women's Water Polo team in hopes of one day to continue his legacy and represent Australia in the Olympics.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Australian Indigenous Olympians" (PDF). Australian Olympic Committee website. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nathan Thomas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ "Sharks down world champs". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 25 June 2004. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
- ^ Newsam, Samanatha. "Faces of Tamworth: Former Australian water polo captain Nathan Thomas". Northern Daily Leader.
- ^ Randazzo, Michael. "Coming to America: Australia's Nioka Thomas to Join UC Irvine Women's Water Polo". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
External links
[edit]- Nathan Thomas at Olympics.com
- Nathan Thomas at Olympedia
- Nathan Thomas at the Australian Olympic Committee
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- Australian male water polo players
- Olympic water polo players for Australia
- Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Tamworth, New South Wales
- Sportsmen from New South Wales
- Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade
- Australian water polo biography stubs