Lasse Lührs Explained

Lasse Lührs
Sport:Triathlon
Birth Date:16 May 1996
Birth Place:Wingst, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Lasse Lührs (born 16 May 1996) is a German triathlete.

Career

At junior level, Germany’s national junior champion and in June 2014, he became Junior European Champion in the team sprint with the German team at the European Triathlon Championships in Kitzbühel, Austria. He won gold in the junior race at the 2015 European Cup in Vienna. In July 2015 he became European junior champion in Geneva and also won mixed-relay silver at championships.[1]

In 2019, he finished second in the World Cup triathlon event in Madrid.[2]

He became triathlon German champion in the sprint distance in 2022. That year, he finished in ninth place in the overall ranking of the 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series. He finished in fifth place in the 2023 Grand Final of the World Triathlon Championship Series in Pontevedra, Spain.[3]

In July 2024, he was a gold medalist at the World Triathlon Mixed Relay Championships.[4] He qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.[5]

Personal life

From Wingst, he was educated in Potsdam. He trained for a while in Alicante and from 2021 is based in Bonn.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 15 July 2024 . 22 January 2024 . Lasse Lührs: Background, career highlights, quotes . 220triathlon.
  2. Web site: Wingster Lasse Lührs takes second place in Madrid. cnv-medien.de. 15 July 2024. 10 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Dorian Coninx Wins Grand Final, Series Championship. slowtwitch.com. 15 July 2024. 23 September 2023.
  4. Web site: Team Germany defends Mixed Relay world title to deliver Olympic warning shot to rivals. Triathlon.org. 15 July 2024. 14 July 2024.
  5. Web site: Which triathletes have qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games?. 220 Triathlon. 14 July 2024. Liz. Barratt. 9 July 2024.
  6. Web site: Lasse Lührs: That's me. tritime-magazin.de. 15 July 2024. 10 May 2024.