Debi Thomas (born March 25, 1967), is an American Medical doctor best known as a former World and Olympic Figure skater. She won the World Championships in 1986 and a bronze medal at the 1988 Winter Games becoming the first Black athlete from any nation to achieve these accomplishments. (Tai Babilonia who is of black and Filipino decent was previously a U.S. and World champion in Pair skating.) Thomas now practices orthopedic Surgery and specializes in hip and knee replacement. She hopes to have some future involvement with U.S. Figure Skating Sports Medicine studying the figure skater's hip.