Misty Thomas

Misty Thomas (born 1 July 1964) is a Canadian basketball player. She competed in the women's tournament at the 1984 Summer Olympics, and became the first Canadian to compete at both the Olympics and the Paralympics.

Biography Thomas was born in Santa Monica, California, before moving to Windsor, Ontario when she was five years old. Thomas took up basketball as a student at Vincent Massey High School, and also became a junior champion in volleyball and badminton. However, in 1985, Thomas suffered an ACL tear, which would require multiple knee operations, and go on to end her career. and played with the national wheelchair team.

Thomas was inducted into the UNLV Hall of Fame in 1997,