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Nathan Thomas

Personal information
Born	(1972-08-28) 28 August 1972 (age 52) Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
Sport
Sport	Water polo
Medal record Representing  Australia Summer Universiade 1995 Fukuoka Team competition 1997 Sicily Team competition

Nathan Thomas (born 28 August 1972) is an Australian water polo player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics and in the 2004 Summer Olympics. Thomas was the captain of the Australia men's national water polo team in 2004.

Personal life

Thomas was raised in Tamworth, Australia, where he attended West Tamworth High School. He has since retired from water polo and has focused on other aspects of his life, such as his daughters Nioka and Zoe. His daughter Nioka has since joined UC Irvine Women's Water Polo team in hopes of one day to continue his legacy and represent Australia in the Olympics.

See also

• Australia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics

References

1. "Australian Indigenous Olympians" (PDF). Australian Olympic Committee website. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Nathan Thomas". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
3. "Sharks down world champs". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. 25 June 2004. Retrieved 25 June 2012.
4. Newsam, Samanatha. "Faces of Tamworth: Former Australian water polo captain Nathan Thomas". Northern Daily Leader.
5. Randazzo, Michael. "Coming to America: Australia's Nioka Thomas to Join UC Irvine Women's Water Polo". Swimming World Magazine. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

External links

• Nathan Thomas at Olympics.com
• Nathan Thomas at Olympedia
• Nathan Thomas at the Australian Olympic Committee

Australia squads

v t e Australia men's water polo squad – 2000 Summer Olympics – 8th place 1 Denis (GK) 2 Marsden 3 Kovalenko 4 Boyd 5 Miller 6 Whalan 7 T. Neesham 8 Woods 9 Waterman 10 Owen-Jones 11 Oberman 12 Thomas 13 Sterk (GK) Coach: Cameron v t e Australia men's water polo squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – 9th place 1 Stanton (GK) 2 Semmens 3 Franklin 4 Figlioli 5 Miller 6 Jenkins 7 T. Neesham 8 McGregor 9 Whalan 10 Woods 11 Osadchuk 12 Thomas (C) 13 Sterk (GK) Coach: Shagaev

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