Iwan Thomas
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Iwan Gwyn Thomas MBE (born 5 January 1974) is a Welsh sprinter who represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Olympic Games in the 400 metres, and Wales at the Commonwealth Games. Thomas is a former European, Commonwealth Games and World 4 × 400 metres relay champion.
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Full name | Iwan Gwyn Thomas | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1974-01-05) 5 January 1974 (age 50)[1] Farnborough, London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain Wales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Men's athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas is the former UK 400m record holder, with his time of 44.36s set in Birmingham on 13 July 1997 standing until Matthew Hudson-Smith broke the record in May 2022. He was also a member of the team which holds the European 4 × 400 m relay record of 2:56.60, set in Atlanta, USA in the Olympic final on 3 August 1996.
Thomas's coach for much of his running career was Mike Smith, formerly coach to British 400 m runners Roger Black, Todd Bennett and Paul Harmsworth also hurdler Kriss Akabusi. Thomas was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1998.