Biography
Tom LIEBSCHER-LUCZ
Tom LIEBSCHER-LUCZ
DEUTSCHER KANU VERBAND E. V. DEUTSCHER KANU VERBAND E. V.
Male
03/08/1993
189
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Athlete entered in:
 
other members of the team: barco Ronald RAUHE
Max RENDSCHMIDT
Max LEMKE
HOBBIES:   Building models, surfing, skiing. (tomliebscher.de, 23 Feb 2016)
BIOGRAPHY:   Liebscher-Lucz won two Olympic titles in the K4 at Rio 2016 (1000) and Tokyo 2020 (500). At Paris 2024, he defended his K4 500 gold. He also has 11 world medals, including seven gold. The army athlete studied Transport and Logistics at Technical University of Dresden. His wife Dora Lucz represented Hungary at Tokyo 2020 in the Canoe Sprint and is a three-time gold medallist at the European Championships.
WEBSITE:   http://tomliebscher.de
FACEBOOK:   https://www.facebook.com/T.Liebscher/
TWITTER:   https://twitter.com/toliebscher
INSTAGRAM:   https://www.instagram.com/tom.liebscher/
PLACE OF RESIDENCE:   Dresden
OCCUPATION:   Army, Athlete, Student
LANGUAGES:   English, German
HIGHER EDUCATION:   Transport and Logistics - Technical University of Dresden
WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?:   He began paddling in 2003
REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT:  
His sister was active in the sport and her trainer kept asking him to try the sport as well. When he started, he loved it right away.

AWARDS AND HONORS:   In 2016 he received the Sports Award of Dresden, Germany. (dresden.de, 12 Mar 2016)He was named the 2015 Sportsman of the Year in Dresden, Germany. (dnn.de, 13 Mar 2016)He was named the 2012 Talent of the Year in Dresden, Germany. (tomliebscher.de, 31 Mar 2012)
CLUB:   Kanu Club Dresden
NAME OF COACH:   Jens Kuhn [club], GER; Arndt Hanisch [national], GER; Reiner Kiessler [national]
SENIOR INTERNATIONAL DEBUT YEAR:   2011
MEMORABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENT:   Winning gold in the K1 500m at the 2013 World Championships in Duisburg, Germany
BEST RESULTS:   Olympics: Gold - 3; World CHampionships: Gold - 7, Silver - 5.
2018 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Results
 
 
Start Time Event Participants Rank Results Available Information
Aug 24
11:11
 
Men's 500m K1 SENIOR
Heats 3
GER Tom LIEBSCHER-LUCZ
1
00:01:39.554
Aug 25
11:08
 
Men's 500m K1 SENIOR
Semifinal 2
GER Tom LIEBSCHER-LUCZ
3
00:01:40.236
Aug 25
16:39
 
Men's 500m K1 SENIOR
Final A
GER Tom LIEBSCHER-LUCZ
2
00:01:38.912
Aug 26
16:05
 
Men's 500m K4 SENIOR
Heats 1
GER GER
1
00:01:23.513
Aug 27
13:25
 
Men's 500m K4 SENIOR
Final A
GER GER
1
00:01:20.056



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