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Full name | Luke Thomas Turley | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Turls | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
Born | (2000-03-24) 24 March 2000 (age 24) Watford, England | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Club | Hatfield SC | ||||||||||||||
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Luke Thomas Turley (born 24 March 2000) is an English international swimmer. He has represented England at the Commonwealth Games.
Biography
Turley educated at the University of Bath began his swimming career at the Stevenage Swimming Club before joining the Hatfield Swimming Club. He won double silver behind Daniel Jervis in the 400m and 800m freestyle events at the 2022 British Swimming Championships.
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.
In 2023, he won the gold medal at the 2023 British Swimming Championships in the 400 metres freestyle.
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.
References
- ^ "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
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