Tag: Thomas Lurz
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Men’s Marathon Swimming | Beijing 2008 Replays
Relive the full Men’s Marathon Swimming competition of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing! Maarten van der Weijden from the Netherlands, Thomas Lurz from Germany, and David Davies from Great Britain all made it to the podium. Who would win the Gold Medal for their country? Stay tuned to find out!
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FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup Patagones-Viedma
33 women and 48 men took the departure in Viedma (ARG) with amongst them some big names in the world of open water: Germany’s Angela Maurer (2013 10km World bronze medallist) and Thomas Lurz (2012 10km Olympic silver medallist), Brazilian Alan do Carmo (2014 overall winner of the Series), Greek Spyridon Gianniotis (2013 10km World…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 2
The Netherlands made it two: just as in the women’s 10km event, a Dutch triumphed in the men’s classic distance, Ferry Weertman won a magnificent race. The women’s 5km time trial brought the first gold medal for the hosts, Isabelle Harle won by a huge margin. In synchro, Russia is on the verge to collect…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 1
Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED) and Daniel Fogg (GBR) earned the first titles on offer in open water swimming on the opening day of the 32nd European Championships in Berlin. Sharon van Rouweendal of the Netherlands was crowned the first European champion of the 2014 edition in Berlin. It happened at the open water events at…
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FINA Aquatic Family selects 11 Athletes of the Year 2013
See fina.org After a memorable year in terms of performances, the FINA Family voted for the “Athletes of the Year 2013â€, having chosen 11 exceptional competitors in the six FINA disciplines. Organised by the “FINA Aquatics World Magazineâ€, this selection had a important participation of 674 voters, coming from the FINA National Federations, FINA Committees,…
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CC photo #648: European Swimmers of the Year 2009 on the Istanbul podium
A photo from the LEN 2009 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. From left to right Germany’s Paul Biedermann, Russia’s synchronized swimmer Natalia Ishchenko and Germany’s open water swimmers Thomas Lurz and Angela Maurer. Britta Steffen is missing on the photo, as the 2009 European female swimmer of the year.
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BCN2013: Thomas Lurz (GER) Bronze medallist of Mens 5km
4-time 5K world champion Thomas Lurz from Germany talks about winning bronze this time, and about being nervous before the start.