Andrew Lauterstein. He is an Australian swimmer, a three-time Olympic medalist.
Summary
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- 1 Biographical synthesis
- 1 Sports life
- 2 Withdrawal
- 2 Medals obtained
- 3 Source
Biographical synthesis
Born 22 as maypole as 1987 , Melbourne , Australia , and in an interview said about himself:
“I grew up in Melbourne, in a house 100 meters from the sea, and spent much of my childhood on the beach or in my neighbor’s pool. I didn’t take swimming lessons, but my older brother did, so I copied what I was doing. I was into all sports – I won a football scholarship (Australian Rules) to high school and played national baseball, but when I was 13, I decided to focus on swimming. I was getting frustrated having to trust other people’s performances in team sports. With swimming, I knew it was for me, and that I would reap the rewards for the hard work I put into training. That really appealed to me.
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Sport life
At 16 he was approved by the 2004 Olympic team, but lost at 0.1 seconds. Two years later, he made the world championship team and soon after, he graduated from school and moved to the Gold Coast, to become a professional swimmer.
He formed the first national team by swimming backstroke because there was a weakness in the Australian swimming team.
He participated in the Olympic squad for the 2008 Beijing Olympics . He hit the peak at just the right time.
Won three medals (4×100 meter freestyle relay – bronze, 100 meter butterfly – bronze and 4×100 meter medley relay – silver)
The event in which Michael Phelps equaled Mark Spitz’s 1972 Munich record of seven gold medals. Lauterstein also won two relay medals in Beijing. He teamed with Eamon Sullivan, Brenton Rickard and Hayden Stoeckel to claim the silver medal behind Phelps’ Americans in the medley relay and with Sullivan, Ashley Callus and Matt Targett for third place, behind the United States and France , in the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay.
Retirement
He retired from professional swimming in 2012 .
He studied yoga and meditation, and explored opportunities in the business world.
He worked and became part owner of Motor Swim, a company that makes swimwear and accessories for run swimming and surf salvage.
She works at a learning to swim center, New Wave Swim School, in Melbourne, with her father and brother.
CrossFit is the polar opposite when it comes to being proficient in everything – running, rowing, Olympic weightlifting, bodyweight movement, gymnastics. The idea is that they don’t become the best in the world in any particular discipline, but you see gradual improvements in all of them. He competed at the highest level at the World CrossFit Games in California .
New job teaching swimming and CrossFit for Chosen, a company that runs wellness and adventure vacations in Bali, New Zealand, Guatemala and Iceland. It is designed to help stressed people calm down, recover, and recover in their lives.
Medals obtained
World Championship 2007
- Relay 4 × 100 m free 5th place
- 100 m butterfly 15 place
- 4 x 100 m Gold medley relay
2008 Olympics
- Relay 4 × 100 m free Bronze
- 100 m Bronze butterfly
- Silver 4 x 100m medley relay
World Championship 2009
- Relay 4 × 100 m free Eighth place
- 100 m butterfly 5th place
- 4 x 100m medley Bronze relay
