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Thomas Rupprath (born 16 March 1977 in
Neuss Neuss (; written ''Neuß'' until 1968; ; ) is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is on the west bank of the Rhine opposite Düsseldorf. Neuss is the largest city within the Rhein-Kreis Neuss district. It is primarily known for its ...
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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 An Olympic-size swimming pool is a swimming pool which conforms to the regulations for length, breadth, and depth made by World Aquatics (formerly FINA) for swimming at the Summer Olympics and the swimming events at the World Aquatics Champion ...
) 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 * Silver medal in 2004 Athens ;World championships * Silver medal at 2007 Melbourne ;World Championships SC * Gold medal at 2004 Indianapolis * Silver medal at 2000 Athens * Silver medal at 2006 Shanghai


See also

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List of German records in swimming Below is a complete list of the German records in swimming, which are ratified by the German Swimming Federation (DSV). Long course (50 m) Men Women Mixed relay Short Course (25 m) Men ...
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World record progression 50 metres backstroke This is a listing of the history of the world record for the 50 metres backstroke swimming event. Swimming world records are maintained by World Aquatics, the international sports federation which oversees the sport. World records are recognize ...
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World record progression 100 metres backstroke This is a history of the 100 m backstroke world record as swum in both long-course (50 m; Olympic) pools and short-course (25 m) pools—the two categories recognized/tracked by FINA World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA (; ), ...


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rupprath, Thomas 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Neuss Swimmers from Düsseldorf (region) Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics German male freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Germany German male backstroke swimmers German male butterfly swimmers Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming 20th-century German sportsmen