Lukas Märtens
{{Short description|German swimmer (born 2001)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name = Lukas Märtens
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2001|12|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
| height = 1.92 m
| weight = 75 kg
| strokes = Freestyle
| show-medals = yes
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport|Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GER}}}}
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalGold|{{GamesName|SOG|2024}}|400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Budapest|400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2023 Fukuoka|400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 Doha|400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championships (LC)}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Rome|400 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Rome|800 m freestyle}}
}}
Lukas Märtens (born 27 December 2001){{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1350593-martens-lukas.htm|title=Swimming MARTENS Lukas|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|access-date=24 July 2021|archive-date=30 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730064007/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/swimming/athlete-profile-n1350593-martens-lukas.htm|url-status=dead}} is a German swimmer. He is the reigning 400m freestyle Olympic champion.
Career
Märtens competed at the Olympics in 2020 in the 200 metre freestlye, 400 metre freestyle, 1500 metre freestyle and 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay events, and in 2024 where he won a gold medal in the 400 metre freestyle event{{cite web |title='I'm on top now': Maertens takes 400m freestyle gold |url=https://www.reuters.com/sports/olympics/swimming-maertens-wins-400m-freestyle-gold-germany-2024-07-27/ |website=Reuters |access-date=29 July 2024}} and came 5th in the 200 metre freestyle event.{{cite web |last1=Pelshaw |first1=Anya |title=David Popovici Becomes First Romanian Man To Win Gold At An Olympics After 200 Free Win |url=https://swimswam.com/david-popovici-becomes-first-romanian-man-to-win-gold-at-an-olympics-after-200-free-win/ |website=SwimSwam |access-date=29 July 2024 |date=29 July 2024}}
In the 2025 Swim Open Stockholm, he broke the world record in the men's 400-meter freestyle, with a time of 3:39.96, beating Paul Biedermann's record from 2009.{{Cite web |last=Griffin |first=Sean |date=2025-04-12 |title=Lukas Märtens Throws Down 3:39.96 WORLD RECORD In 400 Free, Breaking 2009 Super-Suited Mark |url=https://swimswam.com/lukas-martens-throws-down-339-96-world-record-in-400-free-breaking-2009-super-suited-mark/ |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=SwimSwam |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
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{{Footer Olympic Champions 400 m Freestyle Men}}
{{Footer European Champions 400m Freestyle Men}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Magdeburg
Category:Swimmers from Saxony-Anhalt
Category:German male freestyle swimmers
Category:Olympic swimmers for Germany
Category:Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gold medalists for Germany
Category:Olympic gold medalists in swimming
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:21st-century German sportsmen
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