U.S. Olympic Athletes

Lantz Lamback

  • Home:  Augusta, Georgia

Lantz Lamback has found success on the international level in the short-distance freestyle events, winning bronze in the 50m and 100m events at the 2004 Paralympic Games and then earning silver in both events at the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships. He also earned bronze medals in the 100m backstroke and 4x100m medley relay at Worlds and his four total medals made him the most decorated U.S. men’s swimmer at the event.  At the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands Lamback earned a silver medal in the 50m freestyle and two bronze medals in the 100m freestyle and the 100m backstroke.

Lantz Lamback began swimming when he was nine years old through an able-bodied club team and competed in his first meet for swimmers with physical disabilities when he was 14. He went on to his first junior national meet in 2000 and set his first American record in 2001.

Lamback was attending classes at Augusta State University in Augusta, Ga., before making the decision to move to Colorado Springs and train full-time at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in November 2007. The move paid huge dividends for Lamback, who won four medals in Beijing, including his first-ever gold medal.

 Major Achievements: 

  • 2011: Six medals, Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships Team
  • 2010: First place, 100m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 50m butterfly, U.S. Paralympics Spring Swimming Nationals/Spring Can-Am
  • 2010: Silver medal, 50m Freestyle; two bronze medals, 100m Freestyle, 100m Backstroke – IPC Swimming World Championships, Eindhoven, Netherlands•
  • 2008: Gold medal, 100m Backstroke S7; silver medal, 400m Freestyle S7; silver medal, 400m Freestyle S7; bronze medal, 50m Freestyle S7
  • 2008: American record, 400m Freestyle – CanAm Championships, Victoria, Canada•2007: Silver medal, 50m Freestyle – Visa Paralympic World Cup, Manchester, United Kingdom
  • 2006:  Two silver medals, 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle; Two bronze medals, 100m Backstroke, 4 x 100m medley relay - International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Swimming World Championships, Durban, South Africa•2005:  Pan American record, 200m Freestyle; American record, 50m Backstroke - U.S. Paralympics Open Swimming Championships, Minneapolis, Minn.
  • 2004:  Two bronze medals, 50m Freestyle, 100m Freestyle - Paralympic Games, Athens, Greece
  • 2003:  Winner of the Greater Augusta Sports Council Award
  • 2003:  Member of the U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Team
  • 2002:  Member of the U.S. Paralympics Swimming World Championships Team, Mar del Plata, Argentina