Lucas Tramèr (born 1 September 1989) is a Swiss

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

. He won gold at the

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in the men's lightweight four, with

Simon Schürch Simon Schürch (born 2 December 1990) is a Swiss rower. He won gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics in the men's lightweight four, with the team being coached by New Zealander Ian Wright. He also competed in the Men's lightweight coxless four event ...

, Simon Niepmann and

Mario Gyr Mario Gyr (born 2 May 1985) is a Swiss rower. He won gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's lightweight four with Lucas Tramèr, Simon Schürch and Simon Niepmann. The same team, coached by New Zealander Ian Wright, also won this event ...

. The team was coached by New Zealander

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. Tramèr has also won a number of gold medals at the

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. He also competed in the Men's lightweight coxless four event at the

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Career

The team of Tramèr, Simon Schürch, Simon Niepmann and Mario Gyr finished in 3rd in the men's lightweight four at the 2010 European Championships, 6th at the 2011 World Championships, and improved to 5th at the 2012 Olympics. After the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tramèr competed in the lightweight pairs with Simon Niepmann winning the 2013 and 2014 World and European titles. The pair's winning time of 6:22.910 at the 2014 World Championships remains the world's best in 2018. In 2015, Tramèr won the

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and

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men's lightweight four titles with Schürch, Niepmann and Gyr. In 2016, before the Olympics, he won the

lightweight four title with Schürch, Niepmann and Gyr, the same team that later won Olympic gold in Rio. The gold medal in Rio was Switzerland's third ever Olympic gold in rowing, and the first they had won since 1996.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tramer, Lucas 1989 births Living people Swiss male rowers Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Switzerland Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Olympic gold medalists for Switzerland World Rowing Championships medalists for Switzerland Sportspeople from Interlaken European Rowing Championships medalists 21st-century Swiss sportsmen