Thomas Somers is a British sprinter who specialises in the 200 metres. He tied DaBryan Blanton for the second fastest 200 metres run by a youth athlete, only behind Usain Bolt, and was ranked as the fastest senior European athlete over the distance in 2014 while still competing as a youth. A former England U16 rugby international, Somers initially took up athletics to complement his rugby training but after taking advice from Adam Gemili quit rugby to do athletics full-time in late 2013.