Thomas Lurz (born 28 November 1979) is a German swimmer who specializes in long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming. Lurz lives in Gerbrunn and swims for the SV Würzburg 05 sports club.
Biography
editHe competed for Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 1500 m freestyle, where he missed the final, but returned to the 2008 Summer Olympics, where he won a bronze medal in the 10 km open water race.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished one place higher, claiming the silver medal.[2] He was the world champion in the 10 km open-water swimming event in 2004, 2006 and 2009. From to 2005 to 2011, he won gold in the 5 km event seven times in a row. He was jointly awarded the inaugural Open Water Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World Magazine with Chip Peterson, winning following titles in 2006 and 2009 alone and 2011 together with Spyridon Gianniotis.
International medals
editHe won 20 medals at the World Open Water Swimming Championships.[3]
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| Olympic Games |  2008 Beijing
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 2012 London
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| World Championships |  2002 Sharm El Sheikh
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 2004 Dubai
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 2005 Montreal
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 2006 Naples
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 2007 Melboune
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 2008 Sevilla
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| 2009 Rome
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| 2010 Roberval
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| 2011 Shanghai
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| 2013 Barcelona
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| European Championships |  2006 Budapest
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Achievements
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- Ten German titles for 800 m, 1500 m, 5000 m and 10,000 m (open-water) freestyle
- Winner of the European Open Water Competition 2005
- Silver medal in the 1500 m freestyle at the 2005 Summer Universiade
- Gold medal in 5 km event at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships
- Gold medals in 5 km and 10 km events at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest
- Gold medal in 5 km event at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships
- Gold medals in 5 km and 10 km events at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships
- Gold medal in 10 km event at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Budapest.[4]
- Gold medal in 5 km event at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
- Silver medal in 10 km event at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
- Silver medal in 10 km event at the 2012 Olympics in London
- Gold medals in 25 km and 5 km team events at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
- Silver medal in 10 km event at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
- Bronze medal in 5 km event at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Thomas Lurz Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 17 April 2020. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- ^ "London 2012 - Swimming - Men's 10 km Marathon". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ "OPEN WATER MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS" (PDF). fina.org. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Europei di nuoto: argento a Cleri nella gara dei 10 km . - Corriere della Sera". www.corriere.it. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
External links
edit- Thomas Lurz at World Aquatics
- Thomas Lurz at SwimRankings.net
- Thomas Lurz at Olympedia
- Thomas Lurz at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
- Official website
