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Mikel Thomas
Trinidad and Tobago hurdler

Mikel Kevon Thomas (born 23 November 1987 in Maloney) is a Trinidad and Tobago hurdler. He competed in the 110 m hurdles event at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics.

In January 2021, Mikel Thomas tells his story. Mother hands him the flag at the medal ceremony for his first international medal at 2015 Pan Am Games. Mikel Thomas cried because in 2014, the Olympian, Thomas was homeless.

Outside of sport, coach Thomas became a firefighter.

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Personal bests

Outdoor

  • 100 m: 10.24 s (wind: +1.1 m/s) – Port of Spain, 27 June 2015
  • 110 m hurdles: 13.17 s (wind: +0.8 m/s) – Toronto, 24 July 2015
  • 400 m hurdles: 51.40 s – Port of Spain, 22 June 2008

Indoor

International competitions

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
2007NACAC ChampionshipsSan Salvador, El Salvador5th (h)1110m hurdles14.30 (wind: +1.5 m/s)
Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil15th110m hurdles14.29 (wind: -0.2 m/s)
19th400m hurdles1:05.80
4th4 × 100 m relay39.23
2008Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia6th110m hurdles13.84 w A (wind: +2.3 m/s)
Olympic GamesBeijing, China20th (sf)110m hurdles13.62 (wind: +0.1 m/s)
2012Olympic GamesLondon, United Kingdom32nd (h)110m hurdles13.74 (wind: +1.2 m/s)
2013World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia10th (sf)110m hurdles13.46 (wind: -0.6 m/s)
2014Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom10th (h)110m hurdles13.86 (wind: +0.9 m/s)
Central American and Caribbean GamesXalapa, México5th110m hurdles13.83 A (wind: +0.7 m/s)
2015Pan American GamesToronto, Canada2nd110m hurdles13.17 (wind: 0.8 m/s)
3rd4 × 100 m relay38.69
NACAC ChampionshipsSan José, Costa Rica1st110m hurdles13.23 (wind: +1.5 m/s)
5th4 × 100 m relay38.90
World ChampionshipsBeijing, China—110m hurdlesDQ
2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States12th (h)60 m hurdles7.72
Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil26th (h)110 m hurdles13.68
2017World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom37th (h)110 m hurdles13.98
2018World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom28th (h)60 m hurdles7.84

1: Disqualified in the final.

References

  1. Mikel Thomas, National Sporting Archive of Trinidad and Tobago (NSATT), archived from the original on December 21, 2014, retrieved December 20, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141221003320/http://www.sportarchivestt.com/athletes/mikel-thomas/ ↩

  2. Mikel Thomas, Kentucky Wildcats, retrieved December 20, 2014 http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/c-track/mtt/mikel_thomas_363326.html ↩

  3. Sports Reference profile https://web.archive.org/web/20200418071014/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/mikel-thomas-1.html ↩

  4. Sports Reference profile https://web.archive.org/web/20200418071014/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/mikel-thomas-1.html ↩

  5. London 2012 profile Archived 2012-07-30 at the Wayback Machine http://www.london2012.com/athlete/thomas-mikel-1122871/ ↩

  6. "IAAF: Mikel Thomas | Profile". iaaf.org. Retrieved 2017-06-04. https://www.iaaf.org/athletes/trinidad-and-tobago/mikel-thomas-237307 ↩