Akiko Thomson

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Akiko Thomson
Personal information
Birth nameGillian Akiko Nakamura Thomson
Full nameGillian Akiko Nakamura Thomson-Guevara
National teamPhilippines
Born (1974-10-08) October 8, 1974 (age 46)
Washington, D.C., United States
Sport
SportSwimming
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Medal record
Southeast Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1987 Jakarta 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 1987 Jakarta 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1989 Kuala Lumpur 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1989 Kuala Lumpur 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1989 Kuala Lumpur 100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 1989 Kuala Lumpur 200 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1991 Manila 100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1991 Manila 200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 1991 Manila 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1991 Manila 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 1993 Singapore 100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 1993 Singapore 200 m backstroke

Gillian Akiko Thomson (born October 8, 1974) is a Filipina television host, journalist and retired swimmer. She is the most accomplished Filipina swimmer in the Southeast Asian Games having won eight gold medals in the biennial multi-sport meet between 1987 and 1993. She is the youngest of three children born to a Japanese mother from Hiroshima, Hiroko Nakamura and American father, James Marsh Thomson. Her older siblings are Julia and Joshua. When she was young, she and her family moved to Manila where her father, who had previous experience with the United States Office of Naval Intelligence, became the Executive Director of the American Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines[1] in the latter years of the Marcos dictatorship.[citation needed]

Thomson began swimming at the age of six. She started to represent the Philippines in several swimming competitions locally and abroad after becoming a naturalized Filipino citizen through an Act of Congress by the age of 12. Among the tournaments she competed in are the 1987, 1989, 1991 and 1993 South East Asian Games, where she won eight gold medals [2] and also in three editions of the Summer Olympic Games in 1988, 1992 and 1996 .[3]

Thomson graduated with a degree in Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley and then took her masters in Business Administration at the Ateneo de Manila University.[4] After her retirement from competitive swimming, she became a television host and journalist with Probe Productions at ABS-CBN. She is married to Chips Guevara and had a baby in 2011.

At present, Thomson is the current president of Philippine Olympians Association, replacing former president Art Macapagal.[5]

Filmography[]

Television[]

  • Game Plan
  • Cheche Lazaro Presents
  • Probe

Commercials[]

  • Tender Care
  • Milo
  • Rejoice

References[]

  1. ^ Dean Caparaz '90 (19 May 2021). "Autumn's Child' Gives Back To Sports World, Cal". calbears.com. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  2. ^ ARIEL IAN CLARITO (19 March 2021). "Wonder women: The all-time best Filipina athletes". Rappler Sports. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Gillian Thomson". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved January 30, 2010.
  4. ^ "A perfect 10". www.healthtoday.net. Archived from the original on June 12, 2010. Retrieved August 18, 2010.
  5. ^ "GILAS MEMBERS FETED BY FORMER OLYMPIANS". Malaya. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
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