Florian Wellbrock

Florian Wellbrock (born 19 August 1997) is a German swimmer. He competed in the men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, he became the first swimmer to win both the 1500m freestyle and the 10 km open-water race at an international competition.[3] He qualified to represent Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4] In 2021, he won the gold medal in the Men's 10 kilometre open water at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Florian Wellbrock
Wellbrock in 2017
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1997-08-19) 19 August 1997
Bremen, Germany[1]
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubSC Magdeburg
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo10 km open water
2020 Tokyo1500 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
2019 Gwangju1500 m freestyle
2019 Gwangju10 km open water
European Championships (LC)
2018 Glasgow1500 m freestyle
2018 GlasgowTeam open water
2020 BudapestTeam relay
2018 Glasgow800 m freestyle
2020 Budapest10 km open water
European Championships (SC)
2021 Kazan1500 m freestyle
2021 Kazan800 m freestyle

At the Abu Dhabi Aquatics Festival, held in parallel with the 2021 World Short Course Championships, in December 2021, Wellbrock won a bronze medal as part of the open water 4×1500 metre mixed relay event.[5] In his individual event, the 10 kilometre open water swim, Wellbrock won the gold medal in a time of 1:48:09.4, finishing over two seconds ahead of silver medalist Domenico Acerenza of Italy.[6]

Awards and honours

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Florian Wellbrock". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. "Florian Wellbrock". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  3. "Florian Wellbrock Becomes 1st to Win 10K/1500 Gold at Major International Meet". Swimswam News. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  4. "Germany Stages Multi-Olympic Qualification Meets". SwimSwam. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  5. Byrnes, Liz (15 December 2021). "Gregorio Paltrinieri Steers Italy To Victory in Mixed Open Water Relay In Abu Dhabi". Swimming World. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  6. "FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series 2021 - Grand Finale: Men 10km". FINA. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  7. "Tokyo Olympics: Top 10 moments". FINA. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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