Florian_Wellbrock

Florian Wellbrock

Florian Wellbrock

German swimmer

Florian Wellbrock (born 19 August 1997) is a German swimmer. He is the world record holder in the short course 1500 metre freestyle. He won gold medals in the 10 kilometre open water swim and 1500 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships. At the 2020 Summer Olympics he won the gold medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim and the bronze medal in the 1500 metre freestyle. In December 2021, he won a gold medal in the 1500 metre freestyle at the 2021 World Short Course Championships.

Quick Facts Personal information, Nationality ...

Career

Early career

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][4] Wellbrock won the 10 kilometre open water swim in 1:47:55.90 with the silver and bronze medalists finishing within two seconds of his time.[5]

2021

2020 Summer Olympics

See also: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Wellbrock qualified to represent Germany at the 2020 Summer Olympics, held in Tokyo, Japan and postponed to summer of 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] His first medal of the Olympic Games was in the 1500 metre freestyle, where he won the bronze medal.[7] Wellbrock also won a gold medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim a few days later with a time of 1:48:33.7, which was over 25 seconds faster than the second-place finisher.[8] His gold medal was the first won in the event at an Olympic Games by a swimmer representing Germany.[7] His Olympic medals in pool swimming and open water swimming marked the second time a swimmer won medals in both disciplines at one Olympic Games and he was closely followed by the third swimmer to do so, Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy who also won a medal in each discipline at the 2020 Summer Olympics only Gregorio Paltrinieri won his second medal, a bronze medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim, seconds after Welllbrock and thus Wellbrock became the second swimmer in history to achieve the feat and Gregorio Paltrinieri the third.[9]

2021 European Short Course Championships

At the 2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships, held at the Palace of Water Sports in Kazan, Russia, Wellbrock won a gold medal in the 1500 metre freestyle on 4 November with a time of 14:09.88.[10] On 7 November, Wellbrock won the silver medal in the 800 metre freestyle in 7:27.99, finishing five-hundredths of a second behind gold medalist in the event Gregorio Paltrinieri.[11]

2021 World Short Course Championships

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.[12] 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.[13] As part of the World Championships, Wellbrock swam a 14:25.79 in the prelims heats of the 1500 metre freestyle on 20 December, qualifying for the final the following day ranking third.[14] In the final of the 1500 metre freestyle, Wellbrock set a new world record with a time of 14:06.88 and won the gold medal.[15][16][17] Wellbrock also co-hosted a swimming clinic at the venue of the World Championships, Etihad Arena, with Anthony Ervin of the United States.[18]

Awards and honours

Personal life

Wellbrock married Sarah Köhler of Germany in January 2022 after getting engaged in December 2020.[28][29]

See also

References

  1. [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. [2]
    "Florian Wellbrock". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Florian Wellbrock Becomes 1st to Win 10K/1500 Gold at Major International Meet". Swimswam News. 28 July 2019. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Olympedia – 10 kilometres Open Water, Men". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  5. [5]
    "Photo finish decides 10k open water race at world titles". The Seattle Times. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Germany Stages Multi-Olympic Qualification Meets". SwimSwam. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  7. [7]
    Eggert, Greg (5 August 2021). "Wellbrock ran away with it!". FINA. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  8. [8]
    "Germany's Florian Wellbrock wins men's marathon swimming at Tokyo Olympics". ESPN. 4 August 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  9. [9]
    Murakami, Sakura (4 August 2021). "Marathon Swimming- Germany's Wellbrock wins men's marathon swimming gold". Reuters. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  10. [10]
    LEN (4 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 1500m Freestyle Men Final". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  11. [11]
    LEN (7 November 2021). "2021 European Short Course Swimming Championships Kazan (RUS): Results 800m Freestyle Men Final". Microplus Informatica. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  12. [12]
    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.
  13. [13]
    "FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series 2021 – Grand Finale: Men 10km". FINA. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  14. [14]
    FINA (20 December 2021). "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 1500m Freestyle Heats Results Summary". Omega Timing. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  15. [15]
    FINA (21 December 2021). "15th FINA World Swimming Championships 2021 Abu Dhabi (UAE): Men's 1500m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  16. [16]
    Sutherland, James (21 December 2021). "Florian Wellbrock Smashes 1500 Free World Record In 14:06.88". SwimSwam. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  17. [17]
    Rieder, David (21 December 2021). "Florian Wellbrock Takes Down 1500 Free World Record at Short Course Worlds". Swimming World. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
  18. [18]
    "Athletes underline commitment to sustainability and legacy in Abu Dhabi". FINA. 29 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  19. [19]
    "Tokyo Olympics: Top 10 moments". FINA. 24 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  20. [20]
    D'Addona, Dan (17 December 2021). "FINA Yearly Awards: Caeleb Dressel, Emma McKeon Lead Winners; Filipovic, Steffens, Wellbrock, Cunha Too". Swimming World. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  21. [21]
    Serowik, Lauren (2 November 2019). "Swimming World Presents "The 2019 Open Water Swimmers of the Year: Florian Wellbrock and Ana Marcela Cunha"". Swimming World. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  22. [22]
    "Ana Marcela Cunha and Florian Wellbrock Earn Swimming World Open-Water Swimmer of the Year Honors". Swimming World. 24 December 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  23. [23]
    Keith, Braden (18 December 2019). "2019 Swammy Awards: Male Open Water Swimmer Of The Year Florian Wellbrock". SwimSwam. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  24. [24]
    Keith, Braden (5 January 2022). "2021 Swammy Awards: Male Open Water Swimmer Of The Year Florian Wellbrock". SwimSwam. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  25. [25]
    Anderson, Jared (4 February 2021). "SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2021: Men's #20 – #11". SwimSwam. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  26. [26]
    Sutherland, James (20 January 2022). "SwimSwam's Top 100 For 2022: Men's #20–11". SwimSwam. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  27. [27]
    "Peaty, Sjostrom, Wellbrock & Van Rouwendaal Headline 2021 LEN Awards". SwimSwam. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  28. [28]
    Race, Retta (11 January 2022). "German Power Couple Wellbrock & Köhler Get Married". SwimSwam. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  29. [29]
    Koos, Torin (3 February 2022). "What your favorite swimmers and divers have been up to this offseason". FINA. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Florian Wellbrock.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Florian_Wellbrock, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.