| Date of birth | January 22, 1997 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 220 lb (100 kg) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Union High School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Lindenwood University | ||||||||||||||||
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Lorenzo Thomas (born January 22, 1997) is an American former rugby union international.
A native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Thomas was educated at Union High School and joined Air Force Prep School as a football recruit, before playing rugby with Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. [1]
Thomas gained two caps for the United States XV as a 19-year-old at the 2016 Americas Rugby Championship, becoming the team's youngest ever try scorer in his debut match against Chile at Lockhart Stadium, Fort Lauderdale. [2]
In 2019, Thomas won a bronze medal with the United States rugby sevens team at the 2019 Pan American Games. [3]
Thomas received a four-year ban in 2021 for testing positive to a banned substance, which he had unknowingly taken in a pre workout supplement. The backdated suspension ended in 2023 and he played in that's year Pan American Games. [4] [5]
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