Eric Thomas (hurdler)

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Eric Thomas

Personal information

Born

December 1, 1973
Garrison, Texas, U.S.

Died

December 30, 2022 (aged 49)
Houston, Texas, U.S.

Sport

Country

United States

Sport

Track and field

Event

400 m hurdles

College team

Blinn College

Turned pro

1995

Retired

2007

Medal record

Men's athletics

Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Pan American Games
	2003 Santo Domingo	400 m hurdles
	1999 Winnipeg	400 m hurdles

Eric Ashley Thomas (December 1, 1973 – December 30, 2022) was an American hurdler who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He set his personal best (47.94) in the men's 400 m hurdles event on June 13, 2000, in Rome, Italy.^[1]

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1994	NJCAA	Blinn College	1st	400 m hurdles
1996	Olympic Trials	Atlanta, Georgia	4th	400 m hurdles
1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Canada	2nd	400 m hurdles
2000	Summer Olympics	Sydney, Australia	9th	400 m hurdles
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	2nd	400 m hurdles
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	14th	400 m hurdles

Later life and death

Eric Thomas founded Champion Trainers, LLC in 2005 to train young athletes for success in their chosen sports activities. Champion Trainers provides individualized fitness and athletic programs to improve endurance, speed, agility, flexibility, mechanics and overall performance.

Thomas died on December 30, 2022, at the age of 49.^[2]^[3]

Charity

The Eric Thomas Foundation, a 501(c) (3) non-profit charitable organization, was organized to raise scholarship funds for youth who wish to pursue higher education and to improve the health and fitness of Texas youths. The Eric Thomas Foundation seeks to target high school athletes or students who would otherwise be unable to acquire financial assistance and support, and will make the dream of obtaining higher education a reality. The Eric Thomas Scholarship was presented to its first recipient at Garrison High School on May 17, 2011.

References

External links

Eric Thomas at World Athletics
Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eric Thomas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

v t e US National Championship winners in men's 400 m/440 yd hurdles
1914–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1914–15: Bill Meanix 1916: Walter Hummel 1917: Floyd Smart 1918: Donald Hause 1919: Floyd Smart 1920: Frank Loomis 1921: August Desch 1922: Joseph Hall 1923: Ivan Riley 1924–26: Morgan Taylor 1927: Johnny Gibson 1928: Morgan Taylor 1929: Gordon Allott 1930: Dick Pomeroy 1931: Victor Burke 1932: Joe Healey 1933–34: Glenn Hardin 1935: Tom Moore 1936: Glenn Hardin 1937–38: Jack Patterson 1939: Roy Cochran 1940: Carl McBain 1941: Arky Erwin 1942: Walter Smith 1943–46: Arky Erwin 1947: Walter Smith 1948: Roy Cochran 1949–52: Charles Moore 1953–55: Josh Culbreath 1956–58: Glenn Davis 1959: Dick Howard 1960: Glenn Davis 1961: Cliff Cushman 1962: Willie Atterberry 1963: Rex Cawley 1964: Billy Hardin 1965: Rex Cawley 1966: Jim Miller 1967–68: Ron Whitney 1969–71: Ralph Mann 1972: Dick Bruggeman 1973–74: Jim Bolding 1975: Ralph Mann 1976: Tom Andrews 1977: Edwin Moses 1978: James Walker 1979: Edwin Moses
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: David Lee 1981: Edwin Moses 1982: David Patrick 1983: Edwin Moses 1984: David Patrick 1985: Andre Phillips 1986: Danny Harris 1987: Edwin Moses 1988: Kevin Henderson 1989–90: David Patrick 1991: Danny Harris 1992: Kevin Young
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Kevin Young 1994–95: Derrick Adkins 1996–98: Bryan Bronson 1999–2001: Angelo Taylor 2002: James Carter 2003: Eric Thomas 2004: James Carter 2005–06: Kerron Clement 2007: James Carter 2008–10: Bershawn Jackson 2011: Jeshua Anderson 2012–13: Michael Tinsley 2014: Johnny Dutch 2015: Bershawn Jackson 2016: Kerron Clement 2017: Eric Futch 2018: Kenny Selmon 2019: Rai Benjamin 2021^{2020 OT}: Rai Benjamin 2022-23: Rai Benjamin
Notes	440 yd hurdles 1914–27, 1929–31, 1953–55, 1957–58, 1961–63, 1965–67, 1969–71 and 1973; 400 m hurdles otherwise. The 1920, 1928, 1932, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016 championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event. 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

v t e 2000 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	2000 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Abdihakem Abdirahman Kenny Brokenburr (r) John Capel James Carter Curt Clausen Tony Cosey Mark Crear Mark Croghan Alan Culpepper Rod DeHaven Pascal Dobert Jon Drummond Philip Dunn Mark Everett Adam Goucher Maurice Greene Alvin Harrison Calvin Harrison (r) Bradley Hauser Floyd Heard Andrew Hermann Gabe Jennings Allen Johnson Curtis Johnson Michael Johnson Meb Keflezighi Rich Kenah Brian Lewis (r) Coby Miller Tim Montgomery (r) Antonio Pettigrew Jason Pyrah Nick Rogers Tim Seaman Michael Stember Angelo Taylor Eric Thomas Terrence Trammell Bernard Williams (r) Bryan Woodward Jerome Young (r)
Men's field athletes	Charles Austin Andy Bloom LaMark Carter Walter Davis Lance Deal Kenny Evans John Godina Breaux Greer Chad Harting Robert Howard Chris Huffins Nick Hysong Kip Janvrin Lawrence Johnson Nathan Leeper Melvin Lister Jud Logan Kevin McMahon Adam Nelson Tom Pappas Dwight Phillips Adam Setliff Savanté Stringfellow Anthony Washington
Women's track and road athletes	Andrea Anderson (r) Kim Batten Tonja Buford-Bailey Chen Yueling Christine Clark Hazel Clark Joetta Clark Diggs LaTasha Colander Michelle Collins Sharon Couch Shayne Culpepper Gail Devers Deena Kastor Elva Dryer Torri Edwards Chryste Gaines Sandra Glover Suzy Favor Hamilton Monique Hennagan Libbie Hickman Marion Jones Anne Marie Letko Debbi Lawrence Jearl Miles Clark Melissa Morrison-Howard Nanceen Perry Jennifer Rhines Passion Richardson (r) Michelle Rohl Amy Rudolph Marla Runyan
Women's field athletes	Amy Acuff Erin Aldrich Lynda Blutreich Dawn Burrell Shelia Burrell Jesseca Cross Karol Rovelto Stacy Dragila Dawn Ellerbe Nicole Gamble Marion Jones Kris Kuehl Melissa Mueller DeDee Nathan Amy Palmer Suzy Powell-Roos Connie Price-Smith Seilala Sua Kellie Suttle Teri Steer Shana Williams
Coaches	John Chaplin (men's head coach) Dick Booth (men's assistant coach) Dixon Farmer (men's assistant coach) Rob Johnson (men's assistant coach) John Moon (men's assistant coach) Jerry Quiller (men's assistant coach) Jay Silvester (men's assistant coach) Bubba Thornton (men's assistant coach) Karen Dennis (women's head coach) Sandy Fowler (women's assistant coach) Ernest Gregoire (women's assistant coach) Judy Harrison (women's assistant coach) Rita Somerlot (women's assistant coach) LaVerne Sweat (women's assistant coach) Mark Young (women's assistant coach)

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