Reyare Thomas (born 23 November 1987) is a Trinidadian sprinter. She competed at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing winning the bronze in the

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and reaching the semifinals in the

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Biography

Thomas took up running in high school and started competing internationally in 2011. The same year she had a hamstring injury that put her out of training for six weeks. She studied in the United States and has degrees in social sciences from the Iowa Central Community College and

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. At Abilene she worked as an assistant sprints coach.

International competitions

¹Did not finish in the final

Personal bests

Outdoor *

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– 11.22 (+1.4 m/s, Port of Spain 2015) *

– 22.82 (+0.8 m/s, Port of Spain 2015) Indoor * 60 metres – 7.37 (Charleston 2012) *

– 23.51 (Birmingham, AL 2013)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas, Reyare 1987 births Living people Trinidad and Tobago female sprinters World Athletics Championships athletes for Trinidad and Tobago Athletes (track and field) at the 2007 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Olympic athletes for Trinidad and Tobago People from Chaguanas World Athletics Championships medalists Commonwealth Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Trinidad and Tobago Competitors at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games Competitors at the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in athletics Pan American Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago Olympic female sprinters