Flori Lang (born 30 January 1983) is a Swiss sprinter swimmer who won three medals at the European Championships of 2003, 2008 and 2011. He also competed in two freestyle events at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but did not reach the finals. By 2011 he won 37 national titles. In April 2012, he starting training in

finswimming Finswimming is an underwater sport consisting of four techniques involving swimming with the use of fins either on the water's surface using a snorkel with either monofins or bifins or underwater with monofin either by holding one's breath ...

and just a few months later set a

world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book '' Guinness World Records'' and other world records organizati ...

and won a European gold medal in 50 m with bifins. Lang has a sister, Sandra. He holds a degree of Bachelor of Arts in Banking & Finance from the

University of Zurich The University of Zürich (UZH, german: Universität Zürich) is a public research university located in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 ...

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swimrankings.net 1983 births Living people Swiss male freestyle swimmers Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Switzerland European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Sportspeople from Zürich Finswimmers Swiss male backstroke swimmers 21st-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-swimming-bio-stub