Iwan Gwyn Thomas (born January 5, 1974) is an Olympic Athlete, who represented the United Kingdom at the Olympic Games in the 400 meters. Iwan is the current British record holder at 400m with a time of 44.36 seconds and is a former European and Commonwealth games champion. Iwan was awarded an MBE in 1998. Iwan lives and trains in Hampshire. Iwan's career was hampered by injury including a stress fracture to his ankle in 1999 that required telescopic surgery. He was again injured in 2003 with damage to his achilles. Further injury in 2004 ruled him out of the 2004 Olympic Games. Iwan has taken part in other media activities including ITV's Celebrity Wrestling, a show that Iwan was victorious in. He has also begun developing a media role including BBC2's The Human Machine.