Thomas Lurz
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Thomas Lurz (born 28 November 1979) is a German former competitive swimmer who specialised in long-distance freestyle swimming, especially open water swimming. Lurz represented the SV Würzburg 05 sports club and resides in Gerbrunn.
Lurz won 2 olympic medals in the 10 km open water, 7 gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships and 5 gold medals at the World Open Water Championships.
Biography
He competed for Germany at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the 1500 m freestyle, where he finished 22nd and missed the final. He 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. In May 2015, Lurz retired from competitive swimming at the age of 35.[3]
Lurz won ten German titles for 800 m, 1500 m, 5000 m and 10,000 m (open-water) freestyle[citation needed] Lurz was the winner of the European Open Water Competition 2005[clarification needed]
Honours
Swimming World Magazine Open Water Swimmer of the Year: 2005[a], 2006, 2009, 2011[b] & 2013
a Joint winner with Chip Peterson
b Joint winner with Spyridon Gianniotis
See also
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ Anne Lepesant (1 May 2015). "German Open Water Superstar Thomas Lurz Announces Retirement". SwimSwam. Retrieved 9 May 2025.
External links
- Thomas Lurz at World Aquatics
- Thomas Lurz at SwimRankings.net
- Thomas Lurz at Olympics.com
- Thomas Lurz at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
- Thomas Lurz at Olympedia
- Thomas Lurz at InterSportStats
- Official website
