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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 September 1997 [1] Tweed Heads | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | SC Magdeburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Bernd Berkhahn | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Moesha Johnson (born 19 September 1997) is an Australian swimmer. She won a silver medal in the 10km open swim at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Johnson was born and raised in the Gold Coast-Tweed region and attended Palm Beach Currumbin State High School throughout her teenage years. [2] She began swimming at Coopers Aquatic Club in Burleigh Heads. [3] She trains at Griffith University's Gold Coast campus under world renowned coach Michael Bohl. [4]
She competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest in the Women's 1500 metre freestyle. [5]
She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in the open water team event. She also competed at the Women's 1500 metre freestyle at the Championships in Japan. [6]
She was a gold medalist at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in the open water Team event. She also finished in fourth place in the individual open water women’s 10km at the Championships. [7] [8]
She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Women's 1500 metres freestyle, as well as the 10km marathon. [9] In open water she won the silver medal behind her training partner Sharon van Rouwendaal (Netherland). Both are in the training group of SC Magdeburg (Germany). [10]
Mireia Belmonte García is a Spanish Olympic, world, and European champion swimmer. She is the former world record holder in the short course 200 metre butterfly, 400 metre individual medley, 400 metre freestyle, 800 metre freestyle, and 1500 metre freestyle. She was the first Spanish woman to win a gold medal in swimming at an Olympic Games and is widely considered to be the greatest Spanish swimmer of all time.
Poliana Okimoto is a Brazilian long-distance swimmer.
Sharon van Rouwendaal is a Dutch swimmer and the Olympic gold medalist in the 10 km open water marathon at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the 2024 Olympics in Paris.
Gregorio Paltrinieri is an Italian competitive swimmer. He is a former world record holder in the short course 1500-meter freestyle. He holds the European record in the long course 800-meter and 1500-meter freestyle events with times of 7:39.27 and 14:32.80, respectively. In the 1500-meter freestyle, he is a 2016 Olympic, three-time world long course, two-time world short course, three-time European long course, and three-time European short course champion. In the 800-meter freestyle, he is a 2019 world long course, 2022 world short course, three-time European long course, and 2021 European short course champion. In the 10 kilometre open water swim, he is a 2022 world and 2020 European champion. In the 5 kilometre open water swim, he is a two-time European champion.
Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky is an American competitive swimmer. She has won nine Olympic gold medals and 21 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. With 14 medals and 9 gold medals, she is also the most decorated American woman, most decorated female swimmer, the woman with the most gold medals and fifth-most decorated athlete in Olympic history. She has won a record 16 individual gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships. Ledecky's 10 individual medals at the Olympics and 26 overall medals at the World Aquatics Championships are records in women's swimming. Ledecky is the world record holder in the women's 800- and 1500-meter freestyle, as well as the former world record holder in the women's 400-meter freestyle. She also holds the fastest-ever times in the women's 500-, 1000-, and 1650-yard freestyle events. She is widely regarded as the greatest female swimmer of all time and one of the greatest Olympians of all time.
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Florian Wellbrock is a German competitive swimmer. He is the world record holder in the short course 1500 metre freestyle. He is an Olympic champion, multiple World Champion and European champion, in both long and short courses. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he won gold in the 10 kilometre open water and bronze in the 1500 metre freestyle. In total, Wellbrock has won 28 medals at international competitions of which 20 are gold. This includes his gold medal at the Olympic games, six at the World Championships, six at the Swimming World Cup and six at the Open Water Swimming World Cup.
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Domenico Acerenza is an Italian open water swimmer and pool swimmer. He is the 2022 European Aquatics Championships gold medalist in the 10 kilometre open water swim and the 2022 World Aquatics Championships silver medalist in the 10 kilometre open water swim. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he placed ninth in the 1500 metre freestyle.
Madeleine Gough is an Australian competitive swimmer. She began her junior swimming as a 7 year old swimming for Sawtell Swimming Club before moving to TSS Aquatic when she was 16. She then moved to Carlisle Swimming Club in 2023.
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Kathryn Eileen Grimes is an American competitive swimmer. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, she won silver medals in the 1500 meter freestyle and the 400 meter individual medley. She placed fourth in the 800 meter freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she was the youngest member of the US Olympic Team at 15 years of age.
Matan Roditi is an Israeli Olympic marathon swimmer. His 4th place at the 2020 Summer Olympics is the closest Israel has come to an Olympic medal in swimming. He has set Israeli national records in the 800 metre freestyle and the 1500 metre freestyle, and the 10 kilometre marathon. He represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in swimming in the Men's marathon 10 kilometre, and came in 16th.
Lani Pallister is an Australian competitive swimmer. She is a world record holder in two sports, with a world record in swimming, the short course 4×200-metre freestyle relay, and world records in life saving for the youth age group in the 100-metre rescue medley and 200-metre super lifesaver. She holds the Oceanian, Commonwealth, and Australian records in the short course 1500-metre freestyle and the Australian record in the short course 800-metre freestyle. She is the first female World Short Course champion in the 1500-metre freestyle, winning the inaugural event for women at the 2022 edition. Over the course of the 2022 World Short Course Championships, she won the gold medal in each of the four events she contested.
Dávid Betlehem is a Hungarian competitive pool and open water swimmer. At the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, he won a silver medal in the open water 4×1500 metre team relay. At the 2020 European Aquatics Championships, he won a bronze medal in the 5 kilometre open water team relay. At the 2022 World Junior Open Water Championships, he won gold medals in the 10 kilometre open water swim and team relay. He won the silver medal in the 1500 metre freestyle at the 2021 European Junior Swimming Championships.
Nicholas Sloman is an Australian open water swimmer. He is a six-time medalist at FINA Marathon Swim World Series, winning a gold medal and a silver medal at the 2019 edition and three silver medals and one bronze medal at the 2022 edition. At the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships, he won the bronze medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim.
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