Eve Thomas

{{Short description|New Zealand swimmer (born 2001)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}

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| birth_place = Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England

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| relatives = Sarah Hardcastle (mother)

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| country = New Zealand

| sport = Swimming

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| club = Coast Swim Club

| coach = Michael Weston

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Eve Thomas (born 9 February 2001) is a representative swimmer from New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/114519031/new-zealand-womens-freestyle-swimmers-off-to-2020-olympics |title=New Zealand women's freestyle swimmers off to 2020 Olympics |work=Stuff |access-date=30 July 2019}}{{cite web|title=Eve Thomas, AquaBlack #270|url=https://www.swimming.org.nz/profile.php?profile=306426&firstname=Eve&surname=Thomas&prev_profile=312750&prev_firstname=Matthew&prev_surname=Stanley&gridName=PROFILE&totalRecords=11&filter=Type:AquaBlacks&filter=Gender:All&sort=surname_sort:default:false&record=11|work=Athlete profile|publisher=NZ Swimming|access-date=30 July 2019|archive-date=21 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221123629/https://swimming.org.nz/profile.php?profile=306426&firstname=Eve&surname=Thomas&prev_profile=312750&prev_firstname=Matthew&prev_surname=Stanley&gridName=PROFILE&totalRecords=11&filter=Type:AquaBlacks&filter=Gender:All&sort=surname_sort:default:false&record=11|url-status=dead}} She competed for New Zealand in the women's 800 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.{{cite web |url=http://omegatiming.com/File/00011301070201F101FFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf |title=18th FINA World Championships 2019: Women's 800m Freestyle start list |work=FINA |access-date=30 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721193136/http://omegatiming.com/File/00011301070201F101FFFFFFFFFFFF00.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2019 |url-status=dead }} Thomas is the daughter of British swimmer Sarah Hardcastle.{{cite web|title=Off-to-the-Olympics|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/local-news/rodney-times/7250601/Off-to-the-Olympics|work=Daughter of Sarah Hardcastle|publisher=stuff.co.nz |access-date=10 July 2012}}{{cite web|title=Mike Higgs, Mentor To Hardcastle, Wilmott, Foster & Generations Of Southend Swimmers, Passes|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/mike-higgs-mentor-to-hardcastle-wilmott-foster-generations-of-southend-swimmers-passes |work=Daughter of Sarah Hardcastle|date=14 July 2019 |publisher=Swimming World Magazine|access-date=14 July 2019}}

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham, England, Thomas placed fourth in the 800 metre freestyle behind three Australians, including Ariarne Titmus, with whom Thomas shares a coach, Dean Boxall.[https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/commonwealth-games-2022-day-five-wrap-of-all-the-new-zealand-teams-and-athletes/3GGDWFNV7K3MVGNNKEC76XOSXA/ "Commonwealth Games 2022: Day five wrap of all the New Zealand teams and athletes"]. The New Zealand Herald. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.[https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-02/SWMW800MFR------------FNL---------__C74A_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 800m Freestyle Final Results"]. Longines. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.[https://www.odt.co.nz/sport/other-sport/games-briefs-4-august "Games briefs: 4 August"]. Otago Daily Times. 4 August 2022. Retrieved 4 August 2022. In the final of the 400 metre freestyle, she finished sixth in a time of 4:09.73.[https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/SWM/2022-08-03/SWMW400MFR------------FNL---------__C74A_1.0.pdf "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 400m Freestyle Final Results"]. Longines. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.