Petria Thomas

Petria Thomas ( born August 25, 1975 in Lismore, Australia) is an Australian swimmer. She is three -time Olympic gold medalist and nine -time World Champion.

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, she managed the first athlete ever in the swimming position butterfly all three ( 50, 100 and 200 m) to win medal decisions, as you introduced there for the first time the 50 -m distance than competition. At the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, Thomas won the gold medal in the 100 m butterfly. It was also Olympic champion with the Australian squadrons on 4 x 100 m freestyle and 4 x 100 m medley and won the 200m butterfly silver medal.

1973: Kornelia Ender | 1975: Kornelia Ender | 1978: Joan Pennington | 1982: Mary T. Meagher | 1986: Kornelia Greßler | 1991: Qian Hong | 1994: Liu Limin | 1998: Jenny Thompson | 2001: Petria Thomas | 2003: Jenny Thompson | 2005: Jessicah Schipper | 2007: Lisbeth Lenton | 2009: Sarah Sjöström | 2011: Dana Vollmer | 2013: Sarah Sjöström

1973: Rosemarie Kother | 1975: Rosemarie Kother | 1978: Tracy Caulkins | 1982: Ines Geissler | 1986: Mary T. Meagher | 1991 Summer Sanders | 1994: Liu Limin | 1998: Susie O'Neill | 2001: Petria Thomas | 2003: Otylia Jędrzejczak | 2005: Otylia Jędrzejczak | 2007: Jessicah Schipper | 2009: Jessicah Schipper | 2011: Jiao Liuyang | 2013: Liu Zige

1956: Shelley Mann | 1960: Carolyn Schuler | 1964: Sharon Stouder | 1968: Lynette McClements | 1972: Mayumi Aoki | 1976: Kornelia Ender | 1980: Caren Metschuck | 1984: Mary T. Meagher | 1988: Kristin Otto | 1992: Qian Hong | 1996: Amy Van Dyken | 2000: Inge de Bruijn | 2004: Petria Thomas | 2008: Lisbeth Trickett | 2012: Dana Vollmer

List of Olympic gold medalist in swimming

• Woman
• Swimmer (Australia)
• Olympian (Australia)
• Olympic gold medalist ( swimming)
• Born in 1975
• World Champion ( swimming)