Lasse Lührs

Lasse Lührs
Lührs in 2024
Personal information
Born (1996-05-16) 16 May 1996 (age 28)
Wingst, Lower Saxony, Germany
Sport
SportTriathlon
Medal record
Men's triathlon
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Mixed relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Hamburg Mixed relay

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]

References

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