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Joel Ladd Thomas (born December 13 1966) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana Cuba Thomas won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4×100-meter medley relay. Individually he also received a silver medal for finishing second in the 100-meter freestyle event.Thomas represented the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona Spain.