Kristóf Rasovszky Awarded FINA’s World Open Water Swimmer Of The Year

Courtesy of FINA.

FINA awarded its Male World Open Water Swimmer Of The Year recognition to Hungary’s Kristóf Rasovszky who won a FINA World Championships 5 km title and the overall title in the season-long FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series.

He represented Hungary in the pool at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but with his 4th place finish in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the FINA World Championships/Olympic qualifying race, he will be representing Hungary in the open water at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games:

2020 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Qualifiers in Gwangju, South Korea:
1. Florian Wellbrock (Germany) 1:47:55.90
2. Marc-Antoine Olivier (France) 1:47:56.10
3. Rob Muffels (Germany) 1:47:57.40
4. Kristóf Rasovszky (Hungary) 1:47:59.50
5. Jordan Wilimovsky (USA) 1:48:01.00
6. Gregorio Paltrinieri (Italy) 1:48:01.00
7. Ferry Weertman (Netherlands) 1:48:01.90
8. Alberto Martinez (Spain) 1:48:02.20
9. Mario Sanzullo (Italy) 1:48:04.70
10. David Aubry (France) 1:48:05.10

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