Justin Lemberg

Justin Lemberg

Personal information
Full name	Justin William Lemberg
Nationality	Australia
Born	(1966-08-23) 23 August 1966 Bundaberg, Queensland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Freestyle
Medal record Men’s swimming Competitor for  Australia Olympic Games Bronze 1984 Los Angeles 400 m freestyle Pan Pacific Games Gold 1985 Tokyo 400 m freestyle Summer Universiade Gold 1985 Kobe 400 m freestyle

Justin Lemberg (born 23 August 1966) was an Australian middle-long distance freestyle swimmer of the 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 400m freestyle, swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He was coached by the flamboyant Laurie Lawrence.

Born and raised in Brisbane, Queensland, Lemberg put in the best performance of his life to improve his Australian record by more than 2 seconds to claim bronze, just 0.56s behind the American duo of George DiCarlo and John Mykkanen. He also competed in the 200m and 1500m freestyle events, but was eliminated in the heats. He narrowly missed a second bronze, coming 4th as part of the 4x200m freestyle relay.

References

• Andrews, Malcolm (2000). Australia at the Olympic Games. Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Books. p. 249. ISBN 0-7333-0884-8.