In receiving the Officer of the Order of the British Empire, a formal honour conferred by the United Kingdom, Geraint Thomas was recognised for his work as a professional cyclist competing across both road and track disciplines.

Born on 25 May 1986 in Cardiff, Thomas is a citizen of the United Kingdom who attended Whitchurch High School during his early years. He went on to establish himself as a sport cyclist and a track cyclist, pursuing a career that encompassed both formats of the discipline at a professional level. English served as his working language throughout.

Thomas's career spans the two distinct areas that define his occupational identity in the record: sport cycling and track cycling. The combination of these two disciplines places him within a category of professional riders who have operated across different competitive formats. Beyond that, the available record does not specify the particular events, races, or competitive milestones that marked the arc of his career in chronological detail.

The Officer of the Order of the British Empire stands as the concrete formal recognition attached to his name. The honour, awarded by the country of which he is a citizen, reflects an acknowledgement of his standing as a professional athlete. Thomas was born and schooled in Cardiff, attending Whitchurch High School before the career that would eventually bring him this distinction. Those two facts — his Cardiff origins and his OBE — bracket a professional life spent as a cyclist working within the sport and track disciplines that the record attributes to him.