Onan Thom

{{short description|Guyanese swimmer}}

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| name = Onan Orlando Thom

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| fullname = Onan Orlando Thom

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| national_team = {{GUY}}

| strokes = Freestyle

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|4|11|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Linden, Guyana

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| height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|86|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Islamic Solidarity Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2005 Jeddah|50 m backstroke}}

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Onan Orlando Thom (born April 11, 1984) is a Guyanese former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Onan Orlando Thom|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/onan-orlando-thom-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418071039/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/th/onan-orlando-thom-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 7 May 2013}} Thom qualified for the men's 100 m freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a Universality place from FINA, in an entry time of 54.14.{{cite web|title=Swimming – Men's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 2)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=000104060026000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Athens 2004|publisher=Omega Timing|access-date=23 April 2013}} He challenged seven other swimmers in heat two, including three-time Olympian Aleksandr Agafonov of Uzbekistan. He earned a sixth spot in 55.24, more than a second off his entry time. Thom failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed fifty-ninth overall out of 71 swimmers in the preliminaries.{{cite web|title=Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 2|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/swimming/results/3535064.stm|work=Athens 2004|publisher=BBC Sport|date=18 August 2004|access-date=31 January 2013}}{{cite news|last=Thomas|first=Stephen|title=Men's 100 Freestyle Prelims Day 4: Lezak, Crocker Fail to Qualify. Hoogie Best with 48.70|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7852.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=17 August 2004|access-date=19 April 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403104714/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/7852.asp|archive-date=3 April 2007}}