Thomas Bruins

{{Short description|Australian triathalete}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Thomas Bruins

| birth_place = Perth, Australia

| sport = Duathlon

| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Country | {{AUS}} }}

{{Medal|Competition|OTU Duathlon Oceania Championships Elite }}

{{Medal|Gold |2012 Oceania Champion|Barossa}}

{{Medal|Bronze |2014 Oceania Bronze|Adelaide (AUS)}}

{{Medal|Competition|ASTC Duathlon Asian Championships Elite }}

{{Medal|Gold |2017 Asian Champion|Putrajaya (MAS)}}

{{Medal|Gold |2018 Asian Champion|Putrajaya (MAS)}}

{{Medal|Competition|Powerman World Series Elite}}

{{Medal|Gold |2016 Powerman Malaysia| Putrajaya(MAS)}}

{{Medal|Gold |2017 Powerman Indonesia| Jakarta(IND)}}

{{Medal|Gold |2017 Powerman Thailand| Bangkok(THI)}}

{{Medal|Gold |2018 Powerman Indonesia| Jakarta(IND)}}

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}}

Thomas Bruins is a dual national Australian and Netherlands Elite duathlete from Perth, Australia. Competing at Elite level he has won Asian and Oceania Continental Duathlon Championships as well as Powerman Duathlon World Series races in Putrajaya (Malaysia 2016), Jakarta (Indonesia 2017 and 2018) and Bangkok (Thailand 2018). He finished the 2017 Powerman World Series in second place,{{cite web |url=http://www.powerman.org/ |title=Home |website=powerman.org}} reaching a World ranking lead in 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.powerman.org/ranking-results/#1_CF28C6 |title=Ranking & Results – POWERMAN – The Official Website |language=nl |publisher=Powerman.org |date= |accessdate=2018-05-05}} Selected to compete for the Netherlands Elite team at the OTU Oceania and ASTC Asian Continental Championships and the ITU World Elite long distance duathlon championships Powerman Zofingen (Switzerland).{{Cite web|url=https://www.triathlon.org/athletes/profile/51351/thomas_bruins|title = Athlete Profile: Thomas Bruins}}