Lasse Lührs (born 16 May 1996) is a German triathlete. He was a gold medalist at the

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, and also won a gold medal in the mixed relay at the

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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

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, Austria. He won gold in the junior race at the 2015 European Cup in

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, Austria. In July 2015 he became European junior champion in

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, Switzerland, where he also won the mixed relay silver medal at the championships. In 2019, he finished second in the World Cup triathlon event in Madrid. 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

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, Spain. In July 2024, he was a gold medalist at the

. He qualified for the

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, France, where in August 2024 as a member of the German triathlon mixed relay team alongside Tim Hellwig, Lisa Tertsch, and

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he won the gold medal ahead of the USA and Great Britain teams, the country's first Olympic medal in triathlon for 16 years.

Personal life

From Wingst,

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, he was educated in

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. He trained for a while in

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in Spain, and from 2021 was based in

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, Germany.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Luhrs, Lasse 1996 births Living people German male triathletes People from Cuxhaven (district) Triathletes at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Germany Olympic medalists in triathlon Olympic triathletes for Germany 21st-century German sportsmen