Thomas Rupprath

Thomas Rupprath

Personal information
Nationality	Germany
Born	(1977-03-16) 16 March 1977 (age 48) Neuss am Rhein, Nordrhein-Westfalen, West Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke and butterfly
Club	SG Bayer Wuppertal
Medal record Men's swimming Representing   Germany Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 1 World Championships (LC) 1 3 0 World Championships (SC) 1 3 1 European Championships (LC) 2 4 1 European Championships (SC) 26 11 4 Total 30 22 7 Olympic Games 2004 Athens 4×100 m medley 2000 Sydney 4×100 m medley World Championships (LC) 2003 Barcelona 50 m backstroke 2001 Fukuoka 50 m backstroke 2001 Fukuoka 4×100 m medley 2007 Melbourne 50 m backstroke World Championships (SC) 2004 Indianapolis 50 m backstroke 2000 Athens 4×100 m medley 2004 Indianapolis 100 m medley 2006 Shanghai 50 m backstroke 2004 Indianapolis 100 m backstroke European Championships (LC) 2002 Berlin 50 m backstroke 2002 Berlin 100 m butterfly 1997 Seville 4×100 m medley 1999 Istanbul 50 m backstroke 2000 Helsinki 100 m butterfly 2002 Berlin 50 m butterfly 2002 Berlin 4×100 m medley European Championships (SC) 1996 Rostock 100 m butterfly 1998 Sheffield 50 m backstroke 1998 Sheffield 4×50 m medley 2000 Valencia 100 m butterfly 2000 Valencia 200 m butterfly 2000 Valencia 4×50 m medley 2001 Antwerp 100 m backstroke 2001 Antwerp 100 m butterfly 2001 Antwerp 4×50 m medley 2002 Riesa 50 m backstroke 2002 Riesa 100 m backstroke 2002 Riesa 100 m butterfly 2002 Riesa 4×50 m medley 2003 Dublin 50 m backstroke 2003 Dublin 100 m backstroke 2003 Dublin 4×50 m medley 2004 Vienna 50 m backstroke 2004 Vienna 100 m backstroke 2004 Vienna 100 m butterfly 2004 Vienna 4×50 m medley 2005 Trieste 50 m backstroke 2005 Trieste 100 m butterfly 2005 Trieste 4×50 m medley 2006 Helsinki 4×50 m medley 2007 Debrecen 50 m backstroke 2007 Debrecen 4×50 m medley 1996 Rostock 200 m butterfly 1999 Lisboa 200 m butterfly 1999 Lisboa 4×50 m medley 2003 Dublin 100 m butterfly 2004 Vienna 4×50 m freestyle 2006 Helsinki 50 m backstroke 2006 Helsinki 50 m butterfly 2007 Debrecen 100 m medley 2008 Rijeka 4×50 m medley 2009 Istanbul 50 m backstroke 2009 Istanbul 4×50 m medley 1998 Sheffield 200 m butterfly 2005 Trieste 100 m backstroke 2006 Helsinki 100 m backstroke 2007 Debrecen 4×50 m freestyle

Thomas Rupprath (born 16 March 1977 in Neuss) is an Olympic swimmer from Germany, who is nicknamed "The New Albatross".

Biography

He held the world record for the 50 m backstroke (short course) with a time of 23.27 seconds set on 31 November 2002. This was broken by Robert Hurley of Australia on 26 October 2008. He also held the 50 m backstroke (long course) record between 7 July 2003 to 2 April 2008 with a time of 24.80 s.

With a time of 54.16 over 100 m backstroke (second behind Helge Meeuw) Thomas Rupprath managed to qualify for the Olympic Games in Beijing. He also won the 100 m butterfly at the German trials.

Achievements

Olympic Games

• Bronze medal in 2000 Sydney ^[1]
• Silver medal in 2004 Athens ^[2]

World championships

• Silver medal at 2007 Melbourne ^[3]

World Championships SC

• Gold medal at 2004 Indianapolis ^[4]
• Silver medal at 2000 Athens ^[5]
• Silver medal at 2006 Shanghai ^[6]

See also

• List of German records in swimming
• World record progression 50 metres backstroke
• World record progression 100 metres backstroke

References

1. "ESPN Sydney Swimming" . Retrieved 14 March 2009.
2. "2004 Olympic Games swimming results". CNN. Archived from the original on 14 August 2004. Retrieved 22 July 2007.
3. "12th FINA World Championships". Archived from the original on 6 June 2007. Retrieved 9 June 2007.
4. "7th FINA World Championships – 25 m Indianapolis 2004" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
5. "5th FINA World Swimming Championships". Archived from the original on 18 December 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.
6. "Shanghai 2006 results". Archived from the original on 6 March 2007. Retrieved 24 July 2007.

External links

• Thomas Rupprath at Swimrankings.net

Records
Preceded by Lenny Krayzelburg	World Record Holder Men's 50 Backstroke 26 July 2003 – 2 April 2008	Succeeded by Liam Tancock
Preceded by Lars Frölander	World Record Holder Men's 100 Butterfly (25m) 14 December 2001 – 12 December 2003	Succeeded by Milorad Čavić
Preceded by Franck Esposito	World Record Holder Men's 200 Butterfly (25m) 1 December 2001 – 8 December 2002	Succeeded by Franck Esposito
Preceded by Peter Mankoč	World Record Holder Men's 100 Individual Medley (25m) 25 January 2003 – 18 January 2005	Succeeded by Roland Schoeman

Sporting positions
Preceded by Ed Moses	FINA World Cup overall male winner 2002/2003	Succeeded by Ed Moses