Thomas Lurz

Thomas Lurz
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Lurz
Nationality	Germany
Born	28 November 1979; Würzburg, Germany
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Open water, freestyle
Club	SV Würzburg 05
Men's Open water
Representing Germany
Olympic Games
World Championships
World Open Water Championships
European Championships
Summer Universiade

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

He 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. In 2005, he won gold in the 5 km event but was beaten into the silver medal position by the United States' Chip Peterson in the 10 km event. He was jointly awarded the inaugural Open Water Swimmer of the Year by Swimming World Magazine with Peterson.

International medals

He won 20 medals at the World Open Water Swimming Championships.^[3]

Championship	Edition	5 km	10 km	25 km	Team 5 km
Olympic Games	2008 Beijing
Olympic Games	2012 London
World Championships	2002 Sharm El Sheikh
	2004 Dubai
	2005 Montreal
	2006 Naples
	2007 Melboune
	2008 Sevilla
	2009 Rome
	2010 Roberval
	2011 Shanghai
	2013 Barcelona
European Championships	2006 Budapest

Achievements

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

References

↑ Olympic results
↑ "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 Clerinella gara dei 10 km

External links

Official homepage

Awards
Preceded by None Maarten van der Weijden Valerio Cleri	World Open Water Swimmer of the Year 2005 (with Chip Peterson), 2006 2009 2011 (with Spyridon Gianniotis)	Succeeded by Vladimir Dyatchin Valerio Cleri Oussama Mellouli
Preceded by Valerio Cleri Oussama Mellouli	FINA Open Water Swimmer of the Year 2011 2013	Succeeded by Oussama Mellouli Allan do Carmo

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[1] Olympic results

[2] "London 2012 - Swimming - Men's 10 km Marathon". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

[3] "OPEN WATER MEDALLISTS AND STATISTICS" (PDF). fina.org. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

[4] Europei di nuoto: argento a Clerinella gara dei 10 km