Thomas Lurz
Swimmer, Olympic athlete
1979 –
Who is Thomas Lurz?
Thomas Lurz 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.
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. 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.
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- Born
- Nov 28, 1979
Würzburg - Parents
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- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Lived in
- Würzburg
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on July 23, 2013
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