Thomas Lurz

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, 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

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
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

See also

References
  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
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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