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She also finished sixth in the 200 m final.
She also finished sixth in the 200 m final.
She also competed at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Los Angeles In 1982, still only 19, Thomas competed at the European Championships in Athens, where she anchored the British sprint relay quartet to a silver medal. Her teammates were, Wendy Hoyte, Kathy Cook (then Smallwood) and Beverley Callender.
At the inaugural World Championships in Helsinki in 1983, Thomas once again anchored Great Britain to a silver medal in the sprint relay, finishing behind the East Germans but managing to hold off the fast finishing Jamaicans, anchored by Merlene Ottey, 42.71 to 42.73.
In the 100 metres, she ran 11.48 to reach the semi-finals. Thomas earned Olympic selection in 1984.
However, at the 100 metres in Los Angeles, she only managed to run 12.13 secs in her heat due to injury. Thomas"s replacement was Simmone Jacobs.
At the time of her sprinting career, Thomas weighed 48 kg and was 1.60 m tall.
Personal Bests
100m 11.31 (+19) Hendon 03/07/1983 - ran a wind-assisted 11.13 (+38) Cmbrawn 27/05/1984
200m 23.36 (+04) Gateshead 10/06/1984 - ran a wind-assisted 23.14 (+21) Cmbrawn 29/05/1984.