Thomas Gossland
Personal information | |
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Full name | Thomas Gossland |
National team | Canada |
Born | Richmond, British Columbia | May 10, 1989
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Club | Pacific Dolphins, Hørsholm Svømmeforening |
College team | University of British Columbia |
Thomas Gossland (born May 10, 1989) is a Canadian competition swimmer who represented Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 4×100-metre freestyle relay.[1] Gossland finished tenth in the relay with his teammates Brent Hayden, Richard Hortness and Colin Russell.[2]
Gossland grew up and learned to swim in Nanaimo. He then moved to Vancouver in 2007 to attend the University of British Columbia, where he competed with the UBC Thunderbirds, UBC's swimming team, and broke records set by Hayden, a future team member in the relay. He then earned a spot on the 2012 Canadian Olympic team at the Olympic trials.[3]
References[]
- ^ London 2012 Archived 2012-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Team Canada
- ^ Team Canada
Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Canadian male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of Canada
- People from Richmond, British Columbia
- Sportspeople from British Columbia
- Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- UBC Thunderbirds swimmers
- University of British Columbia alumni
- Canadian swimming biography stubs