| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Lara Heinz |
| National team |  Luxembourg |
| Born | 27 May 1981 Luxembourg City, Luxembourg |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | SSF Bonn 1905 |
Lara Heinz (born 27 May 1981 in Luxembourg City) is a retired Luxembourgian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1] She is a two-time national record holder for both the long and short course freestyle (50 and 100 m).
Heinz made her Olympic debut, as a 19-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, competing in both 50 and 100-metre freestyle. First, Heinz touched out Thailand's Pilin Tachakittiranan to take the fourth spot in heat three of the women's 100 m freestyle by 0.14 of a second in 58.55.[2] In her second event, 50 m freestyle, Heinz snared the fifth spot by two hundredths of a second ahead of Fiji's Caroline Pickering in 26.55, but fell short to advance to the semifinals, placing thirty-fourth overall on the morning prelims.[3] Heinz also served as Luxembourg's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
Four years later, Heinz qualified for her second Luxembourgian team, as a 23-year-old, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She attained B-standard entry times of 26.41 (50 m freestyle) and 57.14 (100 m freestyle) from the European Long Course Meet in Luxembourg.[4][5][6] In the 100 m freestyle, Heinz edged out Hungary's Ágnes Mutina to take the fifth spot in heat three and thirty-sixth overall by 0.70 of a second, with a time of 57.40.[7] In the 50 m freestyle, Heinz touched out Iceland's Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir to a fifth-heat triumph by a single hundredth margin (0.01), breaking a Luxembourgian record of 26.35 seconds. Her storming victory was not insufficiently enough to put her through the semifinals, as Heinz placed thirtieth out of 75 swimmers in the morning preliminaries.[8]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lara Heinz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 3" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 175. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ "Sydney 2000: Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 5" (PDF). Sydney 2000. LA84 Foundation. p. 165. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 August 2011. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ "Swimming – Women's 50m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 6)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ^ "Swimming – Women's 100m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 3)" (PDF). Athens 2004. Omega Timing. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ^ "Curl-Burke's Liscinsky Scores at Euro Meet in Luxembourg". Swimming World Magazine. 25 January 2004. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ^ "Women's 100m Freestyle Heat 3". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 18 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ "Women's 50m Freestyle Heat 5". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 19 August 2004. Retrieved 31 January 2013.