Andrew Lauterstein

Andrew Lauterstein

Personal information
Full name	Andrew George Lauterstein
Nickname(s)	"Ando", "Waterstein"
National team	Australia
Born	(1987-05-22) 22 May 1987 (age 36) Melbourne, Victoria
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Butterfly, freestyle
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Australia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 4×100 m medley 2008 Beijing 100 m butterfly 2008 Beijing 4×100 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2007 Melbourne 4×100 m medley 2009 Rome 4×100 m medley Pan Pacific Championships 2006 Victoria 4×100 m medley Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne 4×100 m medley

Andrew George Lauterstein (born 22 May 1987) is an Australian

At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Lauterstein qualified 11th in the heats of the 100-metre butterfly in a time of 52.63 seconds. He managed only a time of 52.99 seconds in the semifinals and was eliminated in 15th place.^{[citation needed]}

In the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, Lauterstein swam the third leg. Australia was fifth at the start of his leg. Lauterstein was the second slowest of the third leg swimmers, and Australia were in last place at the end of his 49.17-second split, which was the 19th fastest out of the 24 swimmers who had a flying start. Australia finished fifth.^{[citation needed]}

In the 4×100-metre medley relay, Lauterstein swam the butterfly leg and started his split with Australia in second place behind Japan. Lauterstein swam the fifth fastest butterfly leg with a split of 52.63 seconds and was overtaken by his Russian counterpart, leaving Australia third at the last change. Eamon Sullivan anchored Australia to gold by overtaking his Japanese and Russian counterparts.^{[citation needed]}

2008 Olympics

In the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he swam in both the 4×100-metre freestyle relay and the 100-metre butterfly. He swam the second leg of the final in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, winning a bronze medal. In the 100-metre butterfly, Lauterstein swam a personal best and Australian record in each of the three stages, and qualified for the final with the third fastest qualifying time. He took the bronze medal in the final with a time of 51.12 seconds in a race where US sensation Michael Phelps won his 7th gold medal of the Games. Lauterstein edged out world record holder Ian Crocker for the bronze by just 0.01 of a second. As of the 2016 Games, he is still the most recent bronze medalist in this event as a result of ties for silver in 2012 and 2016. Lauterstein also won a silver medal in 4×100-metre medley relay in which he swam the butterfly leg.^{[citation needed]}

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Following the Olympics, Lauterstein left his long-term coach Glenn Baker and moved to the

In January, Lauterstein returned to action contesting the Victorian and New South Wales state championships. He showed tremendous form starting off the year going sub-52 in his signature event with only three weeks preparation.^[citation needed]

In March, Lauterstein sent a message at the

Day 1 brought the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, and with the absence of Eamon Sullivan and Ashley Callus, Australia were never in medal territory, finishing eighth. The 100-metre butterfly final saw Lauterstein set an Australian record, but he failed to get on the podium. After two disappointing finals, he did not leave Rome empty handed, capturing a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay. In the preliminaries, he clocked a 50.16, which was the second fastest 100-metre butterfly split in history behind Michael Phelps.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

References

External links

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