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A strong performance at the World Swimming Championships in Doha last month has raised hopes that Hibiscus Coast swimmer Eve Thomas could be selected for the Paris Olympics.
Eve placed in the top four at Doha, in 800m freestyle and 1500m freestyle events and was seventh in the 400 freestyle. She met the Olympic qualifying time in the 400m and 800m freestyle, and has a further event next month where she will compete to secure her spot in the NZ team. Selections happen in May. If selected, it will be Eve’s second Olympics. At the Toyko Games in 2020 she was 17th in the 800 freestyle. It was an experience she describes as “daunting” and at the same time, everything she’d ever dreamed of.
Eve trains in SPW Club’s elite programme in Brisbane with top coach Dean Boxall.
She grew up in Gulf Harbour, and credits Coast Swim Club with igniting her love of swimming. She says Coast’s head coach, Michael Western, is a very important part of her performances on the international stage as he is her coach during all overseas trips. “I’m very much looking forward to competing at the Paris Olympic Games under his guidance,” she says. Eve’s mother Sarah (nee Hardcastle) was also an Olympic swimmer, winning multiple freestyle medals for Britain.
