Swm: Factbox on Petria Thomas

AAP General News (Australia)
08-16-2004
Swm: Factbox on Petria Thomas

Petria Thomas

Age: 28

Born: Lismore, NSW

Lives: Canberra

State: NSW

Height: 173cm

Weight: 64kg

Coach: Glenn Beringen

Olympics

2004 Athens: 4x100m freestyle (gold)

2000 Sydney: 200m butterfly (bronze) 4x200m freestyle (silver) 4x100m medley (silver)

1996 Atlanta: 200m butterfly (silver)

* Has overcome three shoulder reconstructions

* Only Australian women to have won more Olympic medals than Thomas are Dawn Fraser,
Susie O'Neill and Shirley Strickland.

* Still to compete in 200m butterfly, 4x100m medley and 4x200m relay.

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