Luke Turley
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| Full name | Luke Thomas Turley | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Turls | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 March 2000 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.[1]
Biography
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b "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
[edit]- 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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