Sophie Thomas
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| Born | 29 October 2007 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60m: 7.33 (Sheffield, 2026) 100m: 11.32 (Birmingham, 2026) 200m: 23.10 (Birmingham, 2026) | ||||||||||||||
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Sophie Thomas (born 29 October 2007) is a British sprinter from Scotland.[1]
Biography
[edit]From Dunfermline, Thomas is a member of Dunfermline Track and Field. She was educated at Dollar Academy in Scotland.[2][3]
Thomas was part of a Scottish team which set a new national under-20 4x100m relay record at the Mannheim International in June 2025. She set an all-conditions personal best of 11.86 second for the 100 metres at the meeting.[3][4] In August 2025, Thomas won double sprint gold in the Scottish U20 Championships in Aberdeen, running 11.74 seconds for the 100 metres.[5]
Thomas set a personal best of 7.38 seconds for the 60 metres in Glasgow in January 2026, and 23.86 seconds over 200 metres indoors at the Glasgow EAP later that month.[6][7][8] The following month, a time of 7.33 seconds set a new Scottish under-20 record at the England U20 Indoor Championships in Sheffield.[9][10] The next day, she also set an U20 Scottish indoor national records for the 200 metres, with her time of 23.28 seconds only 0.1 away from Dina Asher Smith's U20 UK record.[11] She was named in the GB & NI U20 team for the 2026 Loughborough International in May 2026, where she ran a Scottish under-20 record of 11.49 seconds in the 100 metres.[12][13] That month, she was selected for the British team for the Mannheim International Gala in Germany, where she ran a Scottish U20 record in the 200 metres with a time of 23.22 seconds.[14] She was also part of the Scottish under-20 team which set a new senior Scottish national record in the women’s 4x100m relay alongside Holly Whittaker, Emma Clark, and Cara Monachello.[15][16] On 20 June, Thomas reached the final of the 100 metres at the 2026 British Championships, running a personal best of 11.44 seconds in the semi-final and 11.32 to place sixth in the final, as well as the Scottish U20 record she moved to within 0.02 seconds of the overall Scottish record of Alisha Rees.[17][18] In the 200 metres the following day, she ran 23.24 second to also qualify for the final of that event, where she placed fourth overall in a new Scottish under-20 record of 23.10 seconds.[19][2]
Thomas was selected as part of the Great Britain team to compete at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships.[20] On 6 August, she was part of the Great Britain 4 x 100 metres mixed relay team alongside Savannah Morgan McKenzie, Divine Iheme and Mathew Ajayi who set a world under-20 record of 41.60 seconds in heat two at the World U20 Championships.[21][22] In the final, she ran as the Great Britain team lowered their time to 41.38 seconds and won the silver medal, finishing behind a new world-record setting Italian quartet led home by Kelly Doualla.[23][24][25]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Sophie Thomas". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Sophie Thomas sets Scottish records at UK Athletics Champs". alloaadvertiser.com. 23 Jun 2026. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Athletics: Dunfermline's Sophie Thomas breaks Scottish record". Dunfermline Press. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 7 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Sophie Thomas is Dunfermline Track and Field 2025 champion of the year". Dunfermline Press. 13 Jan 2026. Retrieved 7 Jan 2026.
- ↑ "Grangemouth rescue in focus and Jax return is a top comeback tale, too". Scottish Athletics. 24 August 2025. Retrieved 14 Feb 2026.
- ↑ "4J scottishathletics National Indoor Senior/U18 Ch". World Athletics. 16 Jan 2026. Retrieved 5 Feb 2026.
- ↑ "Native Indoor Mile Records and Scottish event wins at another exciting EAP Glasgow". Scottish Athletics. 31 Jan 2026. Retrieved 1 Feb 2026.
- ↑ "scottishathletics EAP Indoor International". World Athletics. 31 Jan 2026. Retrieved 5 Feb 2026.
- ↑ "U15/U17/U20 Indoor Championships - Day 1, a world class start to the weekend". England Athletics. 7 February 2026. Retrieved 7 Feb 2026.
- ↑ "DIVINE IHEME SETS EUROPEAN UNDER-18 INDOOR 60M RECORD". Athletics Weekly. 7 February 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
- ↑ "U15/U17/U20 Indoor Championships - Day 2: Super Sunday". England Athletics. 8 February 2026. Retrieved 9 Feb 2026.
- ↑ "GB & NI U20 TEAM AND PARA TEAM NAMED FOR 2026 LOUGHBOROUGH INTERNATIONAL". British Athletics. 13 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
- ↑ "Scots at Loughborough: Sophie lands Scottish U20 100m record amid our highlights". Scottish Athletics. 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
- ↑ "BRITISH RECORDS, EUROPEAN LEADS AND MEDALS MARK A SUCCESSFUL MANNHEIM INTERNATIONAL GALA". British Athletics. 16 June 2026. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
- ↑ "Stephen jumps long (twice) and U20 duo selected for GB at Mannheim". Scottish Athletics. 29 May 2026. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
- ↑ "Record-breaking weekend! Senior, U20 and U18 marks all fall as young Scots impress". Scottish Athletics. 15 June 2026. Retrieved 15 June 2026.
- ↑ "Novuna UK Athletics Championships". World Athletics. 20 June 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- ↑ "Record breaker! Stephen leaps to victory with stunning 8.15m jump and Melanie wins wheelchair gold, too". Scottish Athletics. 20 June 2026. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
- ↑ "UK Championships". World Athletics. 21 June 2026. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
- ↑ Adams, Tim (10 July 2026). "PHOEBE GILL AND JAKE ODEY-JORDAN LEAD GB WORLD U20 TEAM". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 10 July 2026.
- ↑ "World U20 records set as mixed 4x100m makes debut in Oregon". World Athletics. 7 August 2026. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ "TAYLOR AND MAXWELL COMPLETE US 100M DOUBLE AT WORLD U20 CHAMPS". Athletics Weekly. 7 August 2026. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ "Italy break world U20 mixed 4x100m record to get gold in Oregon". worldathletics.org. 8 August 2026. Retrieved 8 August 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics U20 Championships". World Athletics. 7 August 2026. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ "OTIS POOLE, SHAIKIRA KING AND MIXED RELAY QUARTET COMPLETE BRITISH TREBLE IN OREGON". Athletics Weekly. 9 August 2026. Retrieved 9 August 2026.