Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Open Water Swimming Championships (27)
Description
Open water swimming was first part of the World Aquatics Championship in 1991 and still is up to now. From 2000 to 2010 additional World Open Water Swimming Championships have been held in the years without World Aquatics Championships.
Host cities:
- 2000 Honolulu (USA) 29 October-4 November 2000
- 2002 Sharm el–Sheikh (EGY) 23-28 September 2002
- 2004 Dubai (UAE) 26 November-2 December 2004
- 2006 Napoli (ITA) 29 August-3 September 2006
- 2008 Sevilla (ESP) 3-8 May 2008
- 2010 Roberval (CAN) 15-23 July 2010
| Athlete | Nation(s) | Sport(s) | Role(s) | Era | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irina Abysova |  RUS |
TRI | Olympics | 2008—2012 | 0–2–0 2000 Honolulu silver: 5 km team and 10 km team |
| Aleksey Akatyev | RUS |
SWM | Olympics | 1996 | 1–1–1 2000 Honolulu gold: 25 km team, silver: 5 km team, bronze: 25 km |
| Valerio Cleri |  ITA |
OWS | Olympics | 2008—2012 | 1–2–0 2006 Napoli silver: 10 km; 2010 Roberval gold: 10 km, silver: 25 km |
| Ana Marcela Cunha |  BRA |
OWS | Olympics | 2008—2020 | 0–0–1 2010 Roberval bronze: 5 km |
| Dave Davies |  GBR |
OWS/SWM | Olympics | 2004—2012 | 0–1–0 2008 Sevilla silver: 10 km |
| Edith van Dijk |  NED |
OWS | Olympics | 2008 | 3–3–0 2000 Honolulu gold: 10 km and 25 km; 2002 Sharm el–Sheikh gold: 25 km, silver: 5 km; 2004 Dubai silver: 25 km; 2008 Sevilla silver: 25 km |
| Yevgeny Drattsev | RUS |
OWS | Olympics | 2008—2016 | 0–2–2 2004 Dubai bronze: 5 km team; 2006 Napoli bronze: 10 km; 2010 Roberval silver: 5 km and 10 km |
| Vladimir Dyatchin | RUS |
OWS | Olympics | 2008—2012 | 1–2–2 2000 Honolulu silver: 10 km team; 2002 Sharm el–Sheikh bronze: 10 km; 2008 Sevilla gold: 10 km, silver: 5 km; 2010 Roberval bronze: 10 km |
| Melissa Gorman |  AUS |
OWS/SWM | Olympics | 2008—2012 | 0–0–1 2010 Roberval bronze: 10 km |
| Martina Grimaldi | ITA |
OWS | Olympics | 2008—2012 | 1–0–0 2010 Roberval gold: 10 km |
| Christian Hein |  GER |
SWM | Olympics | 2004 | 2–2–0 2002 Sharm el–Sheikh silver: 5 km team; 2004 Dubai gold: 5 km team; 2004 Dubai gold: 10 km team; 2004 Dubai silver: 5 km |
| Lara Ilchenko | RUS |
OWS | Olympics | 2008 | 5–0–1 2004 Dubai gold: 5 km, bronze: 5 km team; 2006 Napoli gold: 5 km and 10 km; 2008 Sevilla gold: 5 km and 10 km |
| Kalyn Keller |  USA |
SWM | Olympics | 2004 | 0–1–0 2000 Honolulu silver: 5 km |
| Yury Kudinov |  KAZ |
OWS | Olympics | 2012 | 5–2–1 2000 Honolulu gold: 25 km and 25 km team; 2002 Sharm el–Sheikh gold: 25 km and 25 km team; 2004 Dubai gold: 25 km team, silver: 25 km; 2006 Napoli silver: 25 km; 2008 Sevilla bronze: 25 km |
| Thomas Lurz | GER |
OWS/SWM | Olympics | 2004—2012 | 7–1–3 2002 Sharm el–Sheikh silver: 5 km team, bronze: 5 km and 10 km team; 2004 Dubai gold: 10 km, 5 km team, and 10 km team; 2006 Napoli gold: 5 km and 10 km; 2008 Sevilla gold: 5 km, bronze: 10 km; 2010 Roberval gold: 5 km |
| Angela Maurer | GER |
OWS | Olympics | 2008—2012 | 1–2–2 2000 Honolulu bronze: 25 km; 2002 Sharm el–Sheikh silver: 25 km and 25 km team, bronze: 10 km; 2006 Napoli gold: 25 km |
| Alex Meyer | USA |
OWS | Olympics | 2012 | 1–0–0 2010 Roberval gold: 25 km |
| Hanna Miluska |  SUI |
SWM | Olympics | 2004 | 0–0–1 2002 Sharm el–Sheikh bronze: 5 km |
| Poliana Okimoto | BRA |
OWS | Olympics | 2008—2016 | 0–2–0 2006 Napoli silver: 5 km and 10 km |
| Cassie Patten | GBR |
OWS/SWM | Olympics | 2008 | 0–1–0 2008 Sevilla silver: 10 km |
| Jana Pechanová |  CZE |
OWS/SWM | Olympics | 2004—2016 | 0–1–0 2004 Dubai silver: 10 km |
| Yurema Requena |  ESP |
OWS | Olympics | 2008 | 0–0–1 2008 Sevilla bronze: 10 km |
| Petar Stoychev |  BUL |
OWS/SWM | Olympics / Other | 2000—2012 | 0–1–2 2000 Honolulu silver: 10 km; 2006 Napoli bronze: 25 km; 2010 Roberval bronze: 25 km |
| Chloe Sutton | USA |
OWS/SWM | Olympics | 2008—2012 | 0–0–1 2008 Sevilla bronze: 5 km |
| Rostislav Vítek | CZE |
OWS | Olympics | 2008 | 0–0–2 2002 Sharm el–Sheikh bronze: 25 km team; 2004 Dubai bronze: 25 km team |
| Mark Warkentin | USA |
OWS | Olympics | 2008 | 0–1–0 2008 Sevilla silver: 25 km |
| Maarten van der Weijden | NED |
OWS | Olympics | 2008 | 1–0–1 2008 Sevilla gold: 25 km, bronze: 5 km |