Andrew Lauterstein

Infobox Swimmer
swimmername= Andrew Lauterstein

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fullname = Andrew Lauterstein
nicknames = Ando, Waterstein
nationality = AUS
strokes = Butterfly,Freestyle
club = New South Wales Institute of Sport
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birthdate = birth date and age|df=yes|1987|5|22
birthplace = Melbourne, Australia
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Andrew Lauterstein (born 22 May 1987 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian swimmer [cite web|url=http://www.olympics.com.au/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/343/Athletes/TheTeam/tabid/344/Default.aspx?cId=34742&teamId=1|title=Andrew Lauterstein - Biography|publisher=Australian Olympic Committee| accessdate=2008-06-24] .

Lauterstein grew up in Black Rock, Victoria and attended Brighton Grammar School. He has an elder brother and a younger sister. In his youth, Lauterstein was in the Victorian state football team and represented Australia at baseball in youth teams. He quit both sports at the age of 16 to concentrate on swimming.

2007 World Championships

At the 2007 World Aquatics Championships in Melbourne, Lauterstein qualified 11th in the heats of the 100 m butterfly in a time of 52.63 s. He managed only a time of 52.99 s in the semifinals and was eliminated in 15th place.

In the 4 &times 100 m freestyle relay, Lauterstein swam the third leg. Australia was fifth at the start of his leg. Lauterstein was the second slowest of the third leg swimmers, and Australia were in last place at the end of his 49.17 s split, which was the 19th fastest out of the 24 swimmers who had a flying start. Australia finished fifth.

In the 4 &times 100 m medley relay, Lauterstein swam the butterfly leg and started his split with Australia in second place behind Japan. Lauterstein swam the fifth fastest butterfly leg with a split of 52.63 s and was overtaken by his Russian counterpart, leaving Australia third at the last change. Eamon Sullivan anchored Australia to gold by overtaking his Japanese and Russian counterparts.

2008 Olympics

In the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he swam in both the 4 x 100m freestyle relay and the 100 m butterfly. He swam the second leg of the final in the 4x100 freestyle relay, winning a bronze medal. In the 100m butterfly, Lauterstein swam a personal best and Australian record in each of the three stages, and qualified for the final with the third fastest qualifying time. He took the bronze medal in the final with a time of 51.12 seconds in a race where US sensation Michael Phelps won his 7th gold medal of the Games. Lauterstein edged out world record holder Ian Crocker for the bronze by just 0.01 s.

Lauterstein also won a silver medal in 4 x 100m medley relay in which he swam the butterfly leg. cite news|accessdate=2008-08-16
url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/beijing_olympics/story/0,27313,24190162-5016752,00.html
title=Andrew Lauterstein third as Michael Phelps equals history at the Beijing Olympics
author=Bryan, Rebecca
work=Herald Sun
date=16 August 2008]

Following the Olympics, Lauterstein left his long-term coach Glenn Baker and moved to the New South Wales Institute of Sport under Grant Stoelwinder. Stoelwinder coaches Libby Lenton and Eamon Sullivan the world record holders in the 50 m and 100 m freestyle for women and men respectively.

Outside of his swimming life, Lauterstein is a keen aspiring DJ and was one of the 50 nominees for the 2008 Cleo Bachelor of the year award, which was eventually awarded to Jason Dundas.

References

External links

* [http://www.bestsports.com.br/db/atlpag.php?atl=6394&lang=2 BEST sports - Profile]