Thomas Gossland
Canadian swimmer (born 1989)
![]() Gossland with UBC Thunderbirds | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Thomas Gossland |
National team | ![]() |
Born | (1989-05-10) May 10, 1989 (age 35) Richmond, British Columbia |
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. He later retired and is now a secondary school teacher in England.[3]
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