{"id":1393989,"date":"2021-08-03T10:37:54","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T14:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1393989"},"modified":"2021-08-03T10:37:57","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T14:37:57","slug":"gabby-thomas-harvard-educated-neurobiologist-now-bronze-medal-winning-sprinter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/gabby-thomas-harvard-educated-neurobiologist-now-bronze-medal-winning-sprinter\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabby Thomas Is a Harvard-Educated Neurobiologist and Now a Bronze Medal-Winning Sprinter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Qualifying for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/olympics\/\">Olympics<\/a>\u00a0is an awe-inspiring feat. For\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/shacarri-richardson-gets-endorsement-from-noted-weed-smoker-ricky-williams\/\">U.S. sprinter<\/a>\u00a0Gabby Thomas, though, her exploits\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/how-many-gold-medals-usain-bolt-won-olympics\/\">on the track<\/a>\u00a0might not be as impressive as her accomplishments in the classroom. In addition to being one of the fastest women in the world, Thomas may also be one of the smartest, especially in neurobiology, public health, and epidemiology.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gabby-thomas-journey-to-harvard-then-the-olympics-was-unique\"><strong>Gabby Thomas\u2019 journey to Harvard then the Olympics was unique<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gabby-Thomas.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=683&#038;strip=all&#038;quality=89\" alt=\"Bronze medal winner Gabby Thomas celebrates after the Women's 200m Final on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 03, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.\" class=\"wp-image-1393996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gabby-Thomas.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gabby-Thomas.jpg?w=300&amp;h=200 300w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gabby-Thomas.jpg?w=768&amp;h=512 768w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gabby-Thomas.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=683 1024w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gabby-Thomas.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=801 1200w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Gabby-Thomas.jpg?w=90&amp;h=60 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" \/><figcaption>Gabby Thomas | Photo by David Ramos\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabrielle &#8220;Gabby&#8221; Thomas grew up in Georgia and moved to Massachusetts at the age of 10 after her mother, Jennifer Randall, earned a Ph.D. at Emory University and joined the faculty at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/whatever-happened-to-former-nba-defensive-player-of-the-year-marcus-camby\/\">UMass-Amherst<\/a>, per the\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/olympics\/2021\/07\/30\/gabby-thomas-200-meters-tokyo-olympics\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Washington Post<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She attended Williston Northampton School prep school as a teen, where she played soccer and basketball. Thomas stood out on the track more than anywhere else, though. The future Olympian excelled in the classroom as well, and this combination was so impressive she got into\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/where-did-jeremy-lin-play-college-basketball\/\">Harvard University<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Harvard, Thomas studied neurobiology and eventually graduated with a degree in the field. However, during her time in Cambridge, she took classes about public health and the disparities Black Americans have historically faced in this area. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After graduation, she moved to Austin, Texas, to work on her master\u2019s degree in public health and epidemiology at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/texas-longhorns-suffer-heartbreaking-loss-death-sam-ehlingers-brother-jake\/\">University of Texas<\/a>. She also trained for the Tokyo Olympics there at eth nearby Buford Bailey Track Club. Three-time Olympian Tonja Buford-Bailey leads this elite training center.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-harvard-is-where-she-focused-on-track-for-real\"><strong>Harvard is where she focused on track for real<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gabby Thomas Is the Harvard Grad and Epidemiologist Who Could Win Olympic Gold - TIME <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PeVQ0t4uPj\">https:\/\/t.co\/PeVQ0t4uPj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cindy Saalfeld (@CindyLSchroeder) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CindyLSchroeder\/status\/1422544906384551936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After being a multi-sport star in high school, Gabby Thomas focused on track full-time for the first time at Harvard. The results were impressive. She finished third in the 200-meter dash at the NCAA Championships as a freshman and sixth at the U.S. Olympic trials for Rio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following her sophomore season, Thomas\u2019s progress slowed, and she began feeling burnt out. With the ok from her coach, Kebba Tolbert, she moved to Dakar, Senegal, in the offseason. After that experience, Thomas came back with a much clearer mindset and dominated the 200, setting a new NCAA record in the event with a 22.38. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thomas was even better at the U.S. Olympic Track &amp; Field Team Trials in June, heading into the reschedule 2020 Olympics. She ran 21.61 200, which is the third-best time in the event\u2019s history, per\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6086644\/gabby-thomas-olympics-tokyo\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TIME<\/a>. The only better marks were both set by the world record holder and one of the fastest women of all time,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/the-tragic-death-of-olympic-sprinter-florence-griffith-joyner\/\">Florence \u201cFlo-Jo\u201d Griffith-Joyner<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-gabby-thomas-won-the-bronze-medal-in-the-200m\"><strong>Gabby Thomas won the bronze medal in the 200m<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">From studying neurobiology at Harvard to winning bronze in the women&#39;s 200m at the Olympics \ud83e\udd49<br><br>Gabby Thomas is incredible \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rX6GSzzd47\">pic.twitter.com\/rX6GSzzd47<\/a><\/p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCenter\/status\/1422542336693874692?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 3, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Japan, during qualifying for the 200 final, Thomas ran a 22.20. This got her into a loaded final where she faced off against some of the best sprinters in the world. In her qualifying heat, she came in third to Namibia\u2019s Christine Mboma and Jamaica\u2019s Elaine Thompson-Herah, who was coming off a 100-meter-dash gold. The final also included\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/usain-bolt-reveals-he-never-tried-play-nfl\/\">legendary Jamaican<\/a>\u00a0sprinter and seven-time Olympic medal-winner Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the medal race, Thomas improved on her qualifying time with a 21.87. It wasn\u2019t quite fast enough to beat Mboma (21.81) or Elaine Thompson-Herah, though, who bested Thomas\u2019 Trials time with a 21.53 to take home gold.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gabby Thomas might not have got the result she wanted, but adding \u201cOlympic Bronze Medalist\u201d to her already lengthy list of accomplishments is still incredibly impressive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Like <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Sports7dotcom\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Sports7<\/em><\/a><em> on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sports719\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>@sports719<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/do-olympic-athletes-get-paid-for-winning-gold-medals\/\"><strong>Do Olympic Athletes Get Paid for Winning Gold Medals?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gabby Thomas won the Women's 200m bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics but with her resume, that is just one more impressive accomplishment. She is also a Harvard-educated neurobiologist and working on her master\u2019s degree in public health and epidemiology. 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