Tag: Ferry Weertman
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Weertman adds world crown to Olympic triumph
Ferry Weertman of the Netherlands won his second major 10km title today at Lake Balaton at the FINA World Championships, his ever so slight margin of victory just .1 of a second.
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Weertman wins gold in the Men’s Open Water 10km Marathon
Ferry Weertman wins gold for the Netherlands in the men’s open water 10km marathon final in Rio 2016.
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LEN Awards 2015 – Cseh and Hosszu finish atop
World champions highlight the winners’ list of the 2015 LEN Awards. European athletes were dominant at last year’s showcase in Kazan, in most disciplines it was a hard call to choose among the best performers. The winners in swimming came from the same nation: Laszlo Cseh and Katinka Hosszu both represent Hungary. Earlier only the…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 4
The Dutch made it three, the Russians earned the first two The Dutch swimmers proved they were the ruling nation of the open water events at this year’s European Championships in Berlin by winning the team competition. The Russians also started to collect their gold medals in synchro: they got the respective titles in duet…
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Berlin 2014 LEN European Swimming Championships – Summary, Day 2
The Netherlands made it two: just as in the women’s 10km event, a Dutch triumphed in the men’s classic distance, Ferry Weertman won a magnificent race. The women’s 5km time trial brought the first gold medal for the hosts, Isabelle Harle won by a huge margin. In synchro, Russia is on the verge to collect…
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Maurer (GER) and Ferry (NED) dominate Grand Prix race in Cancun
Press release from FINA FINA OPEN WATER SWIMMING GRAND PRIX 2014 A total 36 swimmers (14 women and 22 men) from 16 countries took the plunge in the third leg of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix 2014, organised in Cancun (MEX) on March 29. Powerful Angela Maurer from Germany took out the women’s…