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Full name
  
Annika Liebs Lurz

Name
  
Annika Lurz

Strokes
  
Freestyle, backstroke


Sport
  
Swimming

Nationality
  
Germany

Role
  
Olympic swimmer


Born
  
September 6, 1979 (age 45) (
1979-09-06
)
Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Annika Liebs Lurz (née Liebs, born September 6, 1979 in Karlsruhe) is an Olympic and former World Record-holding swimmer from Germany. She swam for her homeland at the 2008 Olympics.

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In 2005, she was a member of the German team that won the silver medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay at the World Championships in Montreal; and captured three medals (2 silver, 1 bronze) at the Summer Universiade in İzmir, Turkey.

At the 2006 European Championships in Budapest, she clocked the then fastest-ever split in the 4×200 m freestyle relay (1.55.64), helping the Germany team to break the world record in the event with their 7.50.82. Other members of the relay were: Petra Dallmann, Daniela Samulski, and Britta Steffen. Also in the pool during the 4×200 m freestyle relay was France's Laure Manaudou, who swam the then-second fastest split ever (1.56.23). Also at the 2006 European Championships, Annika also swam on Germany's 4×100 m freestyle relay that also set a new world record (3:35.22).

At the 2007 World Championships, she swam the then second-faster-ever time in the women's 200 m freestyle (1:55.68), in finishing second behind Laure Manaudou's world record winning performance; setting the German record in the process. Also at the 2007 Worlds, she was part of Germany's silver medalist 4×200 m freestyle relay.

One month after the 2006 European Championships finished, Annika married her coach Stefan Lurz.

References

Annika Lurz Wikipedia


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