Karine Thomas
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Nationality | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1989-01-14) January 14, 1989 (age 35) Hull, Quebec (now Gatineau, Quebec) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Synchronized swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Synchro Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karine Thomas (born January 14, 1989) was a Canadian synchronized swimmer.
Her parents were on the national water-polo team. Her grandmother, Esther Blais-Valin, was a synchronized swimmer in the 1940s and 50s.
Career
Thomas began synchronized swimming at age ten, at thirteen she moved to Montreal to further her training.[1] She joined the national team in 2007 and competed in her first world championships that year. Thomas was a two time Olympian competing in the women's team event at the 2012 Olympic Games, finishing fourth,[2] and in the duet event at the 2016 Olympics, finishing seventh.[3] Thomas won two golds at the 2015 Pan American Games, one in the team event and one with her partner Jacqueline Simoneau in the duet.[4] In May 2017 Thomas retired from synchronized swimming, after being on the Canadian national team for ten years.[4]
References
- ^ "Synchro swimmer Karine Thomas aims to make waves in Rio | Metro Ottawa". metronews.ca. Archived from the original on March 13, 2018. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
- ^ "Karine Thomas Olympic Results". sports-reference. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
- ^ "Synchronized swimmers Jacqueline Simoneau, Karine Thomas named for Rio". Canadian Press. Toronto, Canada. May 18, 2016. Retrieved May 19, 2016.
- ^ a b "2-time Olympian Karine Thomas retires from synchronized swimming". CBC Sports. Retrieved May 26, 2017.
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- 1951: Not held
- 1955: Ellen Richard & Connie Todoroff (USA)
- 1959: Not held
- 1963: Barbara Burke & Joanne Schaak (USA)
- 1967: Not held
- 1971: Joan Lang & Heidi O'Rourke (USA)
- 1975: Robin Curren & Amanda Norrish (USA)
- 1979: Kelly Kryczka & Helen Vanderburg (CAN)
- 1983: Tracie Ruiz & Candy Costie (USA)
- 1987: Karen Josephson & Sarah Josephson (USA)
- 1991: Tia Harding & Diana Ulrich (USA)
- 1995: Becky Dyroen-Lancer & Jill Sudduth (USA)
- 1999: Claire Carver-Dias & Fanny Létourneau (CAN)
- 2003: Alison Bartosik & Anna Kozlova (USA)
- 2007: Christina Jones & Andrea Nott (USA)
- 2011: Élise Marcotte & Marie-Pier Boudreau Gagnon (CAN)
- 2015: Jacqueline Simoneau & Karine Thomas (CAN)
- 2019: Jacqueline Simoneau & Claudia Holzner (CAN)
- 2023: Nuria Diosdado & Joana Jiménez (MEX)
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