Lars Figura

Lars Figura ( born March 25, 1976 in Bremen ) is a German lawyer and former athlete, who specialized in the sprint discipline of the 400-meter run.

He attended the University Centre Flemish street in the district of Bremen Huchting and took during his local school from 1988 until 1991 as a sprinter in school sports competition youth training for the Olympics ( JtfO ) part. The best result he was able to record a second place in the national finals. After his move to the University Centre Delft street, he also participated in JtfO basketball tournament.

1996 rose Figura as conditioning coach at the Youth football teams of the SV Werder Bremen, for which he also launched a. Between 1997 and 2002 Figura belonged to the German athletics team. In 1997, at the same time also the year in which he with him the bronze medal over 400 meters at the German Indoor Championships and the same placement with the German 4 x 400 - meter relay for the first time at the U-23 European Championships in Finland Turka podiums major competitions secured. In the following sweeps the German Indoor Championships Figura could continuously improve its performances and won the 1998 Silver Medal, before 1999, the first German league title followed. The World Indoor Championships in the same year in Maebashi he finished sixth in the final. Together with the squadron colleagues, he managed to win the silver medal at the European Indoor Championships in 2000 in Ghent, while he finished in the singles final over 400 meters a fourth place. On 20 November 2000, the exchange Figuras from the Hanseatic city for LG Olympia Dortmund was officially announced after several weeks of speculation.

His most successful year from a sporting perspective experienced Lars Figura 2001, when he succeeded in both the indoor and outdoor championships in each of the two win the German championship title over 400 meters and with the relay. He also won in the relay at the European Cup in his hometown of Bremen to third place in the relay. In a few weeks later in Canada Edmonton discharged World Championships, the German 4 x 400 - meter relay team finished with Figura seventh and last place in the final.

In spring 2002 there was a supra-regional place weeklong controversy over a new club AC Figuras. The LG Olympia Dortmund had him and other athletes given to understand, on 24 September 2001 that financial problems existed and that it is optional for the athletes against the background of no longer existing liquidity, to seek a new club. However, the change of deadline passed on 30 November and, the Dortmund refused to rule on the case before January Figura. A preliminary decision of the DLV Legal Committee enabled him on 16 February 2002, however, a first start for VfL Wolfsburg in the course of the Lower Saxony Indoor Championships, although the LG Olympia urged a compliance with the Treaty and in the DLV - Federal Committee competition organization initially was able to record even a partial success. On March 25, the Legal Committee upheld the right to start because of football and athletics federation Westphalia had failed to form and the deadline to pass the release reasons for refusal to the Lower Saxon Athletics Association, who had issued Figura on January 3, the right to start for Wolfsburg. From a sporting point of view, 2002 was dominated for the Bremer of the European Championships in Munich, which was to be his last great race. Again, he finished the season with the seventh and last place in the final. In autumn 2002, Figura ill and suffered for several weeks to gastrointestinal problems and a rash on the face. According to medical reports of two of the athletes exhibited symptoms of a fungal infection. He led them back to the enjoyment of a contaminated bottle of soft drink Coca -Cola on October 12 and sued the group the following year to 50,000 euros in damages. After his recovery, he could not find the connection to the German competition.

On 13 July 2004 Figura announced his retirement from active competition and gave as reasons for the decision to poor training conditions in Bremen, lack of motivation and the unclean methods of competition, but also the desire to finish his law studies. He was enrolled at the University of Bremen and his PhD in 2008 on " Doping: Between freedom and necessary legal prohibition " as a doctor of law degree. Since 2009 he has practiced as a licensed attorney. Figura is a member of the Sports Law Working Group of the German Bar Association and the Commission youth training for the Olympics of the German University Sports Foundation and also godfather of youth training for the Olympics.

Personal best

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Awards

  • Bremer Sportsman of the Year: 1998, 1999, 2000
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