Education
Auburn University.
Auburn University.
Thomas took up the sport in early 2006, having previously played basketball at Lindenwood University. In the 2007 indoor season he cleared 2.30 metres for the first time, and eventually jumped 2.33 metres in March in Fayetteville, Arkansas. In July 2007 he cleared 2.35 metres on the world record track in Salamanca, Spain.
The result was a new personal best and the world season"s best at the time.
The Olympic competition in 2008 however, turned out a major disappointment for Thomas, who only made 2.20 in the qualifying round and finished 21st overall.
He cleared 2.22 metres in his first meet, and just months later he placed second at the 2006 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Indoor Track & Field National Championships with a height of 7-01.75 and finished fourth at the 2006 Commonwealth Games with a 2.23 m jump. He then won the World Championships in Osaka, again with a 2.35 jump. He also won gold at the 2007 IAAF World Athletics Final. That year, he also won the IAAF Newcomer of the Year, and the Bahamas Amateur Athletic Association Athlete of the Year.
