Thomas Lurz

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Medal record
Men’s Swimming
Competitor for Flag of Germany Germany
World Championsips
Gold 2005 Montréal 5km Open Water
Silver 2005 Montréal 10km Open Water
Gold 2007 Melbourne 5km Open Water
Silver 2007 Melbourne 10km Open Water
European Championships
Gold 2006 Budapest 5km Open Water
Gold 2006 Budapest 10km Open Water
Silver 2002 Berlin 5km Open Water
Summer Universiade
Silver 2005 Izmir 1500m Freestyle

Thomas Lurz (born 28 November 1979 in Würzburg) is a German swimmer who specializes is 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. 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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Awards
Preceded by
Incumbent
World's Open Water Swimmer of the Year
20052006
Succeeded by
Incumbent

This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.