Gabby Thomas emerged from the 2024 Paris Olympics as the most popular women’s sprinter in North America and with strong global interest. Sincere, thoughtful, with a strong intellect and a great sense of humor, Gabby Thomas has figured out how to maintain a private and public life. That is relatively healthy.
This is a fun interview and one of our most popular from Spring 2023. Gabby Thomas has, since then, taken three golds in Budapest 2023, three golds in Paris 2024, and just had an exciting Texas Relays, where she ran on a very fast 4x100m (41.94) and a 4x400m relay. Coached by Tonja Buford-Bailey, who many will remember as breaking the WR for 400m hurdles with Kim Batten at the World Outdoor Champs in 1995. Tonja is one tough coach and prepares Gabby well. Gabby Thomas can race from 100m to 400m, she is strong. Her graduate degrees and volunteering at non-profits helping ethnic minorities with healthcare show Gabby’s thoughtfulness.
Enjoy the interview (one of my favorites).
This is an interview of Gabby Thomas, Olympic bronze, World Champs silver at 200m, and a fine 4x100m relay. The interview was conducted March 8-9, 2023.
The Gabby Thomas, the RunBlogRun Interview for 2023
Gabby Thomas is one of the most amazing sprinters in American track and field.
Gabby Thomas is also a wonderful athlete to interview. We did this interview in March 2023 at the Global Athletics & Marketing Business and Athletes Conference.
It is one of the most important weeks of the year. GAM provides media access to about three dozen of their athletes. These are some of my favorite interviews, as we take 25-30 minutes to catch up with the athlete, their past year, and where they want to go in the current year.
Gabby Thomas shook a lot of people up in 2021, taking 4th in the 100m in 11.17 and then dominating the 200 meters in 21.61. The 200 meters was run on June 21, 2021, and was the #2 performance at the time, only behind Florence Griffith Joyner’s WR.
In Tokyo 2021, Gabby took the bronze at the 200 meters and then anchored the US team to the 4x100m relay to the silver medal.
2022 was a tough year. Gabby ran a wind-aided 21.69 for 200 meters and a 10.92 for 100 meters, both within 45 minutes. Gabby then tore her hamstring and missed the qualifying mark for the World Championships, finishing 8th in the 200 meters.
The interview was fun, Gabby enjoyed the process and spoke about her training with Tonja Buford-Bailey, her return to fitness, racing indoors, and her plans for 2023.
Gabby Thomas won the 200m US title on July 9, 2023. In Budapest, Gabby Thomas took silver in the 200 meters in 21.81 and then anchored the 4x100m relay, taking gold for the US team with a time of 41.03.
Budapest, Hungary
August 19-27, 2023, photo by Kevin Morris
Gabby Thomas’s PBs are 100 meters at 11.00 (Eugene, 2021), 200 meters at 21.60 (Eugene, 2023), and 400 meters at 49.68 (Austin, 2023).
