Multiple national titles, an Olympic debut, and two European Championship podium finishes. Four, 1.60m 5* Grand Prix wins and more than €5.6 million in career prize money—all by the tender age...
Heavy is the head that wears the crown—and also the Global Champions League (GCL) leader’s armband. Already, at the tender age of 27, though, Belgium’s Gilles Thomas has proven he...
Top-ranked tennis player Iga Świątek—who famously held the World No. 1 ranking for 125 weeks and has won six majors, including the French Open and Wimbledon in 2025—isn’t known for taking...
If there was an encapsulating moment during the individual final at the 2025 Longines FEI Jumping European Championships in A Coruña, Spain, this might be it. Gilles Thomas and Ermitage...
Thibeau Spits is shaking. He’s standing with his teammates, winners of the team gold medal at the European Championships. He’s holding a microphone and he’s supposed to be answering a...
Every major championship needs a feel-good story. For show jumping fans, the story of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games might well be the much-buzzed-about partnership between Belgium’s Gilles Thomas and...
At 25, Gilles Thomas is about to age out of the U25 division. But he's already a proven championship rider—and winner. Case in point: Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) Shanghai,...
