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Christian Scherübl
Austrian swimmer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christian Scherübl (born April 6, 1994 in Graz) is an Austrian swimmer, who specialized in long-distance and relay freestyle events.[1][2] Within a 16-year and younger age group, Scherubl set an Austrian record time of 4:05.20 in the boys' 400 m freestyle at the 2010 Geneva Long Course International Meet in Geneva, Switzerland.[3] Scherubl is also a member of the swimming team for ATUS Graz, and is coached and trained by Christoph Schreiner.[1][4]
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Born | (1994-04-06) 6 April 1994 (age 30) Graz, Austria |
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
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Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Club | ATUS Graz[1] |
Coach | Christoph Schreiner[1] |
Scherubl represented Austria at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he qualified for the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay, along with his teammates Florian Janistyn, David Brandl, and double Olympic silver medalist Markus Rogan.[5] Swimming the second leg, Scherubl recorded a split of 1:48.64, and the Austrian team went on to finish heat two in eighth place and sixteenth overall, for a total time of 7:17.94.[6]