Iwan Thomas MBE

Iwan is without doubt one of the finest 400m runners that Britain has ever seen. Securing medals at all major championships, Iwan still currently holds the British 400m record.

Iwan went to the 1998 European Championships in Budapest winning Gold in the 400m and in the 4x400m. Success at the World Cup in South Africa later in the year was particularly satisfying representing Europe against the other continents of the World. In what must have seemed an endless year, Iwan flew straight to the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur where he became champion of the Commonwealth and bought a bronze medal home for Wales in the 4x400m relay.

Through his hard work and excellent performances, Iwan was awarded an MBE in 1998.

Aside from his achievements in athletics, Iwan has been extremely busy with media work over the last few years. He took part in ITV’s prime time show Celebrity Wrestling, which saw him grappling with various other celebrities. His personality shone on screen and he enjoyed various public appearances during & off the back of the show, which included MTV, This Morning, & T4.

In 2007 Iwan took part in ITV2’s ‘Deadline’, where he was challenged with producing a weekly magazine for a period of nearly 2 months along with 9 other celebrities, to be published in Closer magazine. Each week a celebrity was fired from the team and Iwan yet again triumphed to take the top prize.

With Iwan now becoming an experienced presenter with a portfolio including presenting roles on BBC2’s ‘The Human Machine’ and as a health & fitness expert for ‘This Morning’, 2009 proved to be a busy year. He presented Channel 4’s Sunday morning sport programme ‘Destination 2012’.  As a result of his success on the series, he landed the role of Presenter in the Channel 4 commission, ‘The McCain Track & Field Show’. Iwan was also a finalist on the hugely popular BBC series “Celebrity Masterchef”, which saw him narrowly beaten in the Final.

2010 continued to be an exciting time for Iwan presenting the World Indoor Trials highlight show for Channel 4 and appearing on The Wright Stuff and Daily Cooks Challenge as well as commentating from the Asian Games. Iwan has become a true ‘have a go presenter’ taking on various challenges including the London Marathon a number of Triathlons including Blenheim Palace and London as well as the Eurostar Triathlon which comprises of the three parts taking place in three different countries in one day. He also trained with Oscar Pistorius in Italy as part of C4 ‘The Paralympics Show’.

As an emerging TV talent and a highly successful GB Athlete, Iwan is in demand around the build up to London 2012.

Iwan is also a keen charity worker, taking part in a number of challenges for Sport Relief, including Dragon’s Den, The Choir and So You Think you Can Dance, also running the London Marathon in support of SportsAid.