Emily Thomas (gymnast)

Thomas won a gold medal with the Welsh team at the 2014 Northern European Championships.^[2] She won the all-around title at the 2016 Junior Commonwealth Championships and also helped Wales win the team competition. She won a third gold medal on the uneven bars.^[3] Then at the 2016 Northern European Championships, she won a gold medal on the uneven bars and a bronze medal with the Welsh team.^[4]

Thomas won the all-around title at the 2017 Welsh Championships.^[5] She was selected to represent Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games alongside Latalia Bevan, Holly Jones, Maisie Methuen, and Jolie Ruckley.^[6] They finished fourth in the team competition. Thomas qualified for the floor exercise final and finished sixth.^[7] She represented Great Britain at the 2018 Guimaraes World Challenge Cup and finished eighth on the vault, sixth on the balance beam, and fourth on the floor exercise.^[8] She was the alternate for the British team that competed at the 2018 World Championships.^[9]

Thomas won the all-around title at the 2019 Welsh Championships.^[10] At the 2019 Szombathely World Challenge Cup, she won a silver medal on the floor exercise behind Spain's Marina González.^[11] She then won the all-around title at the 2019 Northern European Championships and helped Wales win the team event. She also won gold medals on the uneven bars and floor exercise.^[12] She injured her knee in September 2019 and then missed several additional months of training due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[13]

Thomas competed at the series of British Olympic Trials, but she was not selected for the team.^[14] She announced her retirement from gymnastics on 17 September 2021, with plans to start a psychology degree course at the Cardiff Metropolitan University.^[15][16]