Ferry Weertman
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Ferry Weertman (born 27 June 1992) is a Dutch former competitive swimmer who specialises in long-distance freestyle and open water events. He was the Olympic gold medalist in the 10 km open water marathon at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Career
[edit | edit source]In 2014, he became the European champion in the 10 km open water event.[2] At the 2015 World Championships he won a silver medal in the same event.[3]
Weertman was voted 2015 European Open water swimmer of the year by European swimming federation LEN.[4]
In 2016, Weertman won the 10 kilometer event at the 2016 European open water swimming championships in Hoorn, the Netherlands.[5] He finished 5th in the 5 km time trial.
A month later, on 16 August 2016, he won the gold medal in the 10 km open water marathon at the 2016 Summer Olympics, outpacing two-time world champion Spyridon Gianniotis in a photo finish.[6]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]In 2019, Weertman got engaged to his girlfriend of approximately 5 years, Ranomi Kromowidjojo who is also a Dutch swimmer.[7][8]
References
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- ^ Race, Retta (29 December 2019). "Kromo & Weertman Set To Tie The Knot After Tokyo Olympic Games". SwimSwam. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Ranomi Kromowidjojo and Ferry Weertman Ringing in New Year With Wedding Plans". Swimming World. 29 December 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
External links
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- Ferry Weertman personal website at the Wayback Machine (archived 7 January 2016)
- Ferry Weertman at World AquaticsLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Ferry Weertman at OlympediaLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Ferry Weertman at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Ferry Weertman at Olympic.org (archived)
- Ferry Weertman at NOC*NSF (in Dutch) (English translation)
- Ferry Weertman at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Dutch male freestyle swimmers
- Dutch male long-distance swimmers
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in open water swimming
- Sportspeople from Naarden
- Swimmers from North Holland
- Olympic swimmers for the Netherlands
- Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Knights of the Order of Orange-Nassau
- Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century Dutch sportsmen