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Full name | Luke Thomas Turley | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Turls | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
Born | Watford, England | 24 March 2000||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Club | Hatfield SC | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Luke Thomas Turley (born 24 March 2000) is an English international swimmer. He has represented England at the Commonwealth Games.[1]
Biography
Turley educated at the University of Bath[2] began his swimming career at the Stevenage Swimming Club before joining the Hatfield Swimming Club.[3] He won double silver behind Daniel Jervis in the 400m and 800m freestyle events at the 2022 British Swimming Championships.[4]
In 2022, he was selected for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham where he competed in the men's 400 metre freestyle, finishing in 5th place and the men's 1500 metre freestyle.[1]
In 2023, he won the gold medal at the 2023 British Swimming Championships in the 400 metres freestyle.[5]
He currently works full time as a swimming coach for the University of Bath as head of the recreational team, and has successfully coached swimmers to both national and international success.[6]
References
- 1 2 "Official Commonwealth Games profile". Birmingham Organising Committee Commonwealth Games Ltd. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ↑ "Team England call up seven more University of Bath-based swimmers to represent host country at Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". University of Bath. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ↑ "Luke Turley hopes Commonwealth Games will help youngsters 'aspire and achieve'". Sports365. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ↑ "Team England profile". Team England. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
- ↑ "British Swimming Championships 2023". British Swimming. Retrieved 20 April 2023.
- ↑ Swimming. "SU Swimming". Su Bath. SU University of Bath. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
External links
- Luke Turley at World Aquatics
- Luke Turley at Swimrankings.net
- Luke Turley at British Swimming
- Luke Turley at Team England
- Luke Turley at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games