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Swimming At The 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's Marathon 10 Kilometre
The women's marathon swimming over a distance of 10 kilometres at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place on 15 August at Fort Copacabana. Summary Sharon van Rouwendaal of Netherlands won the gold medal, Rachele Bruni of Italy was runner-up, and Poliana Okimoto of Brazil finished third. The original silver medalist was Aurelie Muller of France, who managed to overcome Bruni in the last second of the race. However, a video replay showed Muller forcibly holding Bruni down with her right arm while trying to touch the finishing board, thus being disqualified from the race. Qualification The women's 10 km open water marathon at the 2016 Olympics featured a field of 26 swimmers: *10: the top-10 finishers in the 10 km races at the 2015 World Championships *9: the top-9 finishers at the 2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier (June 11–12, 2016 in Setúbal, Portugal) *5: one representative from each FINA continent (Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania). ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Copacabana
Fort Copacabana ( pt, Forte de Copacabana, ) is a military base at the south end of the beach that defines the district of Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. The base is open to the public and contains the ''Museu Histórico do Exército'' (Army Historical Museum) and a coastal defense fort that is the actual Fort Copacabana. History The fort is built on a headland that originally contained a small chapel holding a replica of the Virgen de Copacabana, the patron saint of Bolivia. In 1908 the Brazilian army started to build a modern coastal defense fort on the headland to protect both the beach of Copacabana and the entrance to the harbour of Rio de Janeiro. The fort, completed in 1914, consists of two armoured cupolas, one holding a pair of Krupp cannons, and the other a pair of Krupp cannons. The name of the turret with the 305mm guns is "Duque de Caxias", and the guns are named "Barroso" and "Osório". This cupola is behind and above that of the 190 mm guns so that it can fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabelle Härle
Isabelle Härle (born 10 January 1988) is a German swimmer. Since 2011, she participates in the open water events. She won the bronze medal at the Team 5 km world championships. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she competed in the women's 10 km marathon swim. She finished in 6th place with a time of 1:57:22.1. Before the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Härle posed together with rower Julia Lier, cyclist Nadja Pries, table tennis player Petrissa Solja and not starting from injury reasons in Rio pole vaulter Katharina Bauer for the German edition of the Playboy ''Playboy'' is an American men's lifestyle and entertainment magazine, formerly in print and currently online. It was founded in Chicago in 1953, by Hugh Hefner and his associates, and funded in part by a $1,000 loan from Hefner's mother. K .... References External links * * * * * 1988 births Living people People from Bad Saulgau Sportspeople from Tübingen (region) Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jana Pechanová
Jana Pechanová (; born March 3, 1981 in RakovnÃk, Czechoslovakia)Pechanová's entry at sports-reference.com; retrieved 2010-02-20. is an Olympic distance swimmer from the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic, or simply Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The ... . She swam for the Czech Olympic team at the 2004, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michelle Weber
Michelle Weber (born 28 September 1996) is a South African swimmer. She competed in the women's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She finished 18th with a time of 1:59:05.0. In 2019, she competed in the women's 5 km and women's 10 km events at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, South Korea. In the 5 km event she finished in 32nd place and in the 10 km event she finished in 31st place. In June 2021, she qualified to represent South Africa at the 2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the .... On 24 August 2022, she broke the South African ladies' record for swimming across the English Channel, which she did in a time of 10 hours and 21 minutes, shaving 8 minutes off of the previous record, held by Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erika Villaécija
Erika Villaécija GarcÃa (born 2 June 1984 in Barcelona, Spain), known as Erika Villaécija, is a three-time Olympic swimmer from Spain. She swam at the Spain at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 2004, Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2008 and Spain at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Olympic team. And she has qualified for the Spain at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 2016 Olympic team. As of June 2009, she holds the List of Spanish records in swimming, Spanish Records in the long course 400, 800 and 1500 freestyles. 2012 Summer Olympics Notes References External links * * * * 1984 births Living people Spanish female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Spain Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Spain Medi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Špela Perše
Špela Perše (born 4 August 1996) is a Slovenian swimmer. She competed in the women's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2019, she competed in the women's 5 km and women's 10 km events at the World Aquatics Championships The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatics sports: swimming, diving, high diving, open water swimming, artistic swimming, and water polo. They are run by FINA, and all swimming events ar ... held in Gwangju, South Korea. In the 5 km event she finished in 16th place and in the 10 km event she finished in 27th place. References External links * 1996 births Living people Slovenian female swimmers Female long-distance swimmers Olympic swimmers of Slovenia Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Bled {{Slovenia-swimming-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chelsea Gubecka
Chelsea Lea Gubecka (born 8 September 1998) is an Australian swimmer. In 2023, she finished in 2nd, claiming the silver in the 10km Women’s World Championship open water, also alongside Australian teammates clinched the bronze in the 4x1500 open water mixed event in Fukuoka. She competed in the women's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2018, she finished in 7th place in the women's 10 kilometre open water at the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, a long course (50 m) event, was held in Tokyo, Japan, from 9 to 14 August 2018. Qualifying criteria Unlike the World Championships and Olympic Games, nations can enter as many people as they like ... in Tokyo, Japan. References External links * 1998 births Living people Australian female swimmers Female long-distance swimmers Olympic swimmers for Australia Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics People from Nambour, Queensland 21st-centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Olasz
Anna Olasz (born 19 September 1993) is a Hungarian swimmer. She competed in the women's marathon 10 kilometre event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2020, she won the silver medal in the women's 10 km event at the 2020 European Aquatics Championships The 2020 European Aquatics Championships (also known as the 2021 European Aquatics Championships; 35th) were scheduled to take place in Budapest, Hungary, from 11 to 24 May 2020. However, on 5 May it was announced that the event had been postpon ... held in Budapest, Hungary, and the bronze medal in the team relay event. References External links * 1993 births Living people Hungarian female long-distance swimmers Olympic swimmers for Hungary Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Szeged Swimmers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Universiade medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade European Aquatics Championships med ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Éva Risztov
Éva Risztov (; born 30 August 1985) is a Hungarian Olympic gold medalist female swimmer. She won four silver medals at the 2002 European Aquatics Championships and three silver medals at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships. She won a further silver medal at the 2004 European Aquatics Championships and competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics where she came 4th in 400 m individual medley. At the European Short Course Swimming Championships she won six gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal between 2002 and 2004. She retired in 2005, but announced her comeback in 2009 as an open water swimmer and she competed at the 2010 European Aquatics Championships in Women's 10 km where she came 7th. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London she competed in the 400 metre freestyle (16th), 800 metre freestyle (13th), 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay (15th) and the 10 kilometre marathon, in which she won the gold medal, having dominated the race from the outset. Achievemen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yumi Kida in Gwangju, South Korea. She finished in 22nd place.
is a Japanese distance swimmer. She was born on 30 June 1985 in Akasaka, Tokyo. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's marathon 10 kilometre, finishing in 12th place. In 2019, she competed in the women's 10 km event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues. References 1985 births Living people[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalliopi Araouzou
Kalliopi "Kelly" Araouzou (born 6 March 1991) is a Greek competitive swimmer. She participates in the open water events. Career In 2010, she won the gold medal in the team event at the European Open Water Championships in Balatonfüred alongside her teammates Spyridon Gianniotis and Antonios Fokaidis. She won the silver medal at the same tournament in the women's 5 km event behind Ekaterina Seliverstova. She won the bronze medal in the 10 km event at the 2011 World Cup race in Setúbal. Another two silver medals followed at the 2012 European Open Water Championships in Piombino, the 5 km individual and in the team event alongside Marios Kalafatis and Georgios Arniakos. Her first medal at a World Championship she won in the Team event at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona. This time again alongside teammates Spyridon Gianniotis and Antonios Fokaidis claiming the silver medal. At the 2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ana Marcela Cunha
Ana Marcela Jesus Soares da Cunha (born 23 March 1992) is a Brazilian swimmer who specializes in the open water swimming marathon. She is considered one of the best open water swimmers in history, having obtained 14 medals in FINA World Aquatics Championships (including seven gold medals as of 2022). She has also received FINA’s Female World Open Water Swimmer Of The Year award six times (2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019). Her countless achievements are comparable only to those of Larisa Ilchenko, another multi-medalist in World Championships. Cunha won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the women's marathon 10 km. Career At only 14 years old, she collected two gold medals at the 5 km and 10 km marathon at the 2006 South American Games in Buenos Aires. In 2005, she was able to reach second place in Travessia dos Fortes (the most important competition of the aquatic marathon calendar in Brazil). Subsequently, became champion in 2006 and 2011. Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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