Thomas Gossland

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Thomas Gossland
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Gossland with UBC Thunderbirds
Personal information
Full name Thomas Gossland
National team  Canada
Born (1989-05-10) May 10, 1989 (age 35)
Richmond, British Columbia
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle
Club Pacific Dolphins
College team University of British Columbia

Thomas Gossland (born May 10, 1989) is a Canadian competition swimmer who represented Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's 4×100-metre freestyle relay.[1] Gossland finished tenth in the relay with his teammates Brent Hayden, Richard Hortness and Colin Russell.[2]

Gossland grew up and learned to swim in Nanaimo. He then moved to Vancouver in 2007 to attend the University of British Columbia, where he competed with the UBC Thunderbirds, UBC's swimming team, and broke records set by Hayden, a future team member in the relay. He then earned a spot on the 2012 Canadian Olympic team at the Olympic trials.[3]

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