Lincoln Hurring

{{Short description|New Zealand swimmer (1931–1993)}}

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| name = Lincoln Hurring

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| birth_name = Lincoln Norman William Hurring

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1931|09|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dunedin, New Zealand[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092257/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/hu/lincoln-hurring-1.html Lincoln Hurring]. sports-reference.com

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| death_place = Milford, New Zealand

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| alma_mater = University of Iowa

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| spouse = {{marriage|Jean Stewart|1957}}

| relatives = Gary Hurring (son)

| country = New Zealand

| sport = Swimming

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| nationals = 100 yd backstroke: 1st (1951, 1952, 1953)
110 yd backstroke: 1st (1960)
400 yd medley: 1st (1952, 1953){{cite book |editor-last=McLintock |editor-first=A.H. |chapter=Swimming — national championships |title=An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand |url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/1966/swimming-national-championships |accessdate=12 September 2015 |year=1966 |publisher=Ministry for Culture and Heritage |location=Wellington |isbn=978-0-478-18451-8}}

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{{MedalCompetition | Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalSilver | 1954 Vancouver | 110 yd backstroke}}

{{MedalSilver | 1954 Vancouver | 330 yd medley relay}}

{{MedalCountry | Iowa }}

{{MedalCompetition|NCAA}}

{{MedalGold | 1956 Ann Arbor | 100 yard backstroke}}

{{MedalGold | 1956 Ann Arbor | 200 yard backstroke}}

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Lincoln Norman William Hurring (15 September 1931 – 21 April 1993) was a swimmer from New Zealand. He won two silver medals at the 1954 British Empire Games, in the 110 yards backstroke and in the 330 yards medley relay. He also competed in the 100 m backstroke at the 1952 and 1956 Olympics. Hurring became a swimming coach, and gave TV commentaries on several Olympics.

Hurring was born in Dunedin in 1931. In 1957 he married fellow swimmer Jean Stewart, who won an Olympic bronze medal in the 100 metres backstroke in 1952. Their son, Gary Hurring, also became an Olympic swimmer, and their daughter Kim, a television reporter.

In the 1950s, Hurring was a student at the University of Iowa on an athletic scholarship, while competing for the university's Iowa Hawkeyes swimming and diving team. While at Iowa he won several NCAA, Big Ten Conference and U.S. national open backstroke titles. In 2001 he was inducted into the University of Iowa Hall of Fame.{{cite news | title=Swimming: US varsity honours Hurring | date=6 September 2001 | work=The Evening Post | page=30 }}

From 1954 Hurring and Jean Stewart coached swimming at Three Kings School in Auckland, and in 1975 they moved to the Takapuna Municipal Pool.

In 1993, aged 61, Hurring collapsed and died on Milford Beach, Auckland from a heart attack.New Zealand Herald. 22 April 1993. p. 3.