Jérôme Cedric Thomas (born 20 January 1979) is a French former

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, he competed in the

flyweight Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb). Professional boxing The flyweight division was the last of bo ...

(– 51 kg) division as an amateur and as a

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as a professional.

Amateur boxing career

Thomas won the world championship at the 2001 World Amateur Boxing Championships in

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. He was runner-up in 2003 losing to

Somjit Jongjohor Somjit Jongjohor ( th, สมจิตร จงจอหอ, , ; born January 19, 1975) is an amateur Thai boxer best known for winning gold medals in the flyweight division at the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships and at the Beijing 200 ...

. Thomas qualified for the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

by ending up in second place at the 2nd AIBA European 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in

Warsaw, Poland Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially the Capital City of Warsaw,, abbreviation: ''m.st. Warszawa'' is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-cen ...

. In 2007, he lost early against European Champion

Georgy Balakshin Georgy Ruslanovich Balakshin (russian: Георгий Русланович Балакшин; born March 6, 1980 in Antonovka, near Nyurba, Sakha Republic) is an Olympic boxer from Russia best known for winning the European title three times. Ca ...

Olympic career

He represented his native country at three consecutive

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(

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), winning a

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(2000), and a

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(2004). At the 2008 Summer Olympics he lost in the first round.

Personal life

He was born with a condition,

Poland syndrome Poland syndrome is a birth defect characterized by an underdeveloped chest muscle and short webbed fingers on one side of the body. There may also be short ribs, less fat, and breast and nipple abnormalities on the same side of the body. Typical ...

: his left hand is smaller than the right one, his left arm is shorter than the right one, and he has almost no left

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Olympic results

Professional boxing record

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Jerome 1979 births Living people People from Saint-Quentin, Aisne Flyweight boxers Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of France Olympic silver medalists for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in boxing French male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Sportspeople from Aisne Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing