Thomas Lurz

Updated on Sep 21, 2024

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Full name Thomas Lurz Club SV Wurzburg 05 Weight 76 kg Nationality Germany Name Thomas Lurz Parents Peter Lurz		Sport Swimming Role Swimmer Siblings Stefan Lurz Strokes Open water, freestyle Height 1.83 m

Born 28 November 1979 (age 44) ( 1979-11-28 ) Wurzburg, Germany Olympic medals Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre Similar People Oussama Mellouli, Richard Weinberger, Maarten van der Weijden

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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.

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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. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he finished one place higher, claiming the silver medal. 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.