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2016 Olympic Champion Ferry Weertman, NED, 1:52:59.8 09 2017 World Champion Ferry Weertman, NED, 1:51:58.5 August 2016 European Champion Ferry Weertman, NED, 1:55:20.6 2018

______NAME PERSONAL INFO OG WC EC ______DoB: 19 APR 1987 32. (10km) ’17 19. (5km) ‘18 PoB: Linz 38. (5km) ’17 David BRANDL Club: 1. Perger SV POOL Height: 186 cm LC-3. (4x200FR) ‘08 AUT LC-14. (400FR) 08 SC-8. (1500FR) ‘07 DoB: 13 JUN 1993 DQ (10km) ’16 4. (10km) ’17 2. (10km) ’16 PoB: 5. (10km) ’15 6. (10km) ’14 Jack BURNELL Club: National Centre 5. (Team) ‘17 7. (5km) ’14 Loughborough 15. (10km) ’13 GBR Coach: Dave Hemmings Height: DoB: 08 DEC 1994 8. (Team) ’17 4. (5km)‘18 PoB: Elmshorn 25. (10km) ’17 2. (5km) ‘14 Height: 187cm 1. (Team) ‘15 2. (Team) ’11, ’16 Club: SC Magdeburg 2. (5km) ‘15 3. (Team) ‘14 Coach: Bernd Berkhahn 11. (5km) ‘13 4. (5km) ’16 Rob MUFFELS Occupation: Student JUN-1. (7,5km) ‘12 12. (10km) ‚16 JUN-1. (5km) ‘12 15. (10km) ‘16 GER POOL SC-20. (1500free) ‘12 JUN-1. (800free) ‘12 JUN-2. (1500free) ‘12

DoB: 06 JAN 1987 8. (10km) ‘12 10. (10km) ‘11 2. (5km) ’12, ‘16 PoB: Saarbruecken 11. (25km) ‘15 2. (10km) ‘12 Andreas WASCHBURGER Club: SSG Saar Max Ritter 16. (10km) ‚15 3. (Team) ‘12 Coach: Felix Neins 10. (25km) ‘17 4. (25km) ‘14 GER Occ.: Police Inspector 16. (25km) ‘10 Height: 189cm 17. (10km) ’10, ‘16 20. (10km) ‘14 DoB: 25 MAR 1999 1. (Team) ‘17 3. (5km) ’18 PoB/Residence: Argentan 8. (5km) ’17 JUN-1. (10km) ‚17 Logan FONTAINE Height: 178 cm JUN-1. (7,5km) ‘16 JUN-1 (7,5km) ‘16 Club: Club des Vikings de FRA Rouen DNF (25km) ’17 Coach: Damien Cattin-Vidal

DoB: 18 JUN 1996 3. (10km) ’16 1. (5km) ‘17 7. (5km) ‘18 PoB: Valenciennes 1. (Team) ’17 3. (10km) ‘16 Height: 188 cm trains in Montpellier 3. (10km) ‘17 Marc-Antoine OLIVIER Club: Denain Natation Porte FRA du Hainault Coach: Philippe Lucas

DoB: 27 MAR 1997 5. (10km) ’17 1. (5km) ‘18 PoB/Residence: Veszprem 7. (5km) ’17 JUN-1 (10km) ‘16 Kristof RASOVSZKY Club: Balaton Uszo Klub 7. (Team) ’17 Coach: Laszlo Szokolai JUN-1. (10km) ’16 HUN Height: 190cm DNF (25km) ‘17

DoB: 26 JUN 1995 21. (10km) ‘17 10. (5km)‘18 PoB/Residence: Budapest 3. (Team) ‘16 Daniel Szekelyi Club: Ferencvaros 7. (5km) ‘16 Coach: Gergely Kutersi 13. (10km) ‘16 HUN Height: 191cm

DoB: 30 DEC 1993 15. (Team) ’17 22. (5km) ‘11 PoB: Haifa 17. (5km) ‘13 23. (10km) ‘11 Yuval SAFRA 17. (25km) ‘17 7. (Team) ‘11 36 (10km) ‘13 19. (10km) ‘16 ISR 18. (5km) ‘11 4. (25km) ‘16 37. (10km) ‘11

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DoB: 29 MAY 1989 PoB: San Vito al 5. (10km) ‘14 Tagliamento 2. (25km)’17 Matteo FURLAN 8. (10km) ‘12 Height: 194cm 3. (5km) ‘15 2. (25km)’17 Club: Marina Militare CSN – 3. (25km) ‘15 ITA 11. (10km)’16 Team Veneto Coach: Moreno Daga DoB: 5 JUN 1993 His younger brother 2.(5km)’17 6. (5km)’16 PoB: Massa di Somma Pasquale finished 9th in the 3. (Team)’17 5. (25km)’14 Mario SANZULLO Club: GS Fiamme Oro 5km event at Loch Lomond 8. (5km)’15 Napoli – CC Napoli ITA Coach: Emanuele Sacchi Height: 180 cm DoB: 07 DEC 1989 6. (10km) ‘16 1. (25km) ‘15 1. (Team)‘16 PoB: Tolentino 3. (Team) ’17 2. (Team) ‘10 Height: 173cm 4. (25km) ‘17 3. (5km) ‘10 Simone RUFFINI Club: GS Fiamme Oro 7. (10km) ‘15 4. (25km) ‘12 Napoli – CC Aniene 7. (10km) ‘17 7. (10km)‘16 . ITA Coach: Emanuele Sacchi 7. (25km) ‘13 9. (5km)‘16 9. (5km) ’09, ‘11 11. (10km) ‘12 10. (5km) ‘10 DoB: 27 JUN 1992 1. (10km) ’16 1. (10km) ’17 1. (10km) ’14, ’16 Ferry WEERTMANN PoB: Naarden 2. (10km) ‘15 1. (Team) ‘14 Club: PSV Eindhoven 2. (Team) ‘15 6. (10km) ’12 NED Coach: Note: LEN Open Water 6. (10km) ‘13 11. (5km) ‘12 Current Olympic, World and European champion Height: 188 cm Swimmer 2015 DoB: 22 NOV 1991 4. (5km) ’17 15. (5km) ’18 PoB: Yaroslavl 8. (Team) ‘13 14. (10km) ‘16 Club: Sport society “Russia” 10. (Team) ‘17 1. (5km) ’12, ‘16 Kirill ABROSIMOV Coach: Irina Voronina 19. (10km) ‘17 1. (10km) ‘12 RUS Height: 34. (10km’17) ‘13 7. (5km) ’11, ‘14 7. (10km) ‘14 8. (Team) ‘14

DoB: 24 jan 1983 2. (5km) ’07 2 (10km) ‘08 PoB: Yaroslavl 5. (10km) ’08 3. (10km) ’07 2. (25km) ’14 Evgenii DRATTCEV Height: 182cm 11. (10km) ‘16 3. (5km) ’11 3. (10km) ‘10 3. (25km) ’13 3. (10km) ’10, ’14 RUS 3. (25km) ’17 8. (10km) ‘17 DoB: 16 DEC 1981 14. (10km) ‘12 4. (5km) ’10 16. (5km) ‘18 PoB/Residence: Kharkov 6. (5km) ’07 5. (25km) ’12 Height: 180cm 8. (10km) ’10 6. (25km) ’10 Club: ZS Kharkov 10. (5km) ’13 6. (Team) ’12 Coach: 19. (10km) ’13 8. (25km) ’11 Igor CHERVYNSKYI 27. (5km) ‘17 17. (10km) ’12 34. (10km) ‘17 23. (10km) ‘16 UKR POOL POOL POOL 7. (1500FR) ‘00 2. (1500FR) ’03 1. (1500FR) ’00 3. (800FR) ’03 2. (1500FR) ’04 4. (1500FR) ’01 3. (1500FR) ’02

Medallists at Recent Major Championships

2014 Berlin 2016 Hoorn (ECh) 2016 Rio de Janeiro (OG) 2017 Budapest (WCh) 1 1:55:20.6 Ferry Weertman (NED) 1 1:52:59.8 Ferry Weertman (NED) 1 1:51:58.5 Ferry Weertman (NED) 1. 1:49:56.2 Ferry Weertman, NED 2 1:55:21.1 Jack Burnell (GBR) 2 1:52:59.8 (GRE) 2 1:51:58.6 (USA) 2. 1:49:59.0 Thomas Lurz, GER 3 1:55:21.6 Marc-Antoine Oliver (FRA) 3 1:53:02.0 Marc-Antoine Oliver (FRA) 3 1:51:59.2 Marc-Antoine Olivier (FRA) 3. 1:50:00.6 Evgeny Drattsev, RUS