{"id":400483,"date":"2019-11-02T00:21:50","date_gmt":"2019-11-02T07:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=400483"},"modified":"2019-11-12T11:58:09","modified_gmt":"2019-11-12T18:58:09","slug":"swimming-world-presents-the-2019-open-water-swimmers-of-the-year-florian-wellbrock-and-ana-marcela-cunha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-the-2019-open-water-swimmers-of-the-year-florian-wellbrock-and-ana-marcela-cunha\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents &#8220;The 2019 Open Water Swimmers of the Year: Florian Wellbrock and Ana Marcela Cunha&#8221; &#8211; Sponsored By Kpaloa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">The 2019 Open Water Swimmers of the Year: Florian Wellbrock and Ana Marcela Cunha<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>By David Rieder and Dan D&#8217;Addona<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Sponsored by<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/kpaloa-store\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"400498\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kpaloa-brand-logo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kpaloa-brand-logo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"116,116\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kpaloa brand logo\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Kpaloa brand logo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kpaloa-brand-logo.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kpaloa-brand-logo.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-400498\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kpaloa-brand-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Kpaloa brand logo\" width=\"111\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kpaloa-brand-logo.jpg 116w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kpaloa-brand-logo-50x50.jpg 50w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Kpaloa-brand-logo-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 111px) 100vw, 111px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Brazil\u2019s Ana Marcela Cunha and Florian Wellbrock of Germany displayed their versatility in 2019 to be named Swimming World\u2019s Open Water Swimmers of the Year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Cunha captured the 5K and 25K at World Championships as well as the 10K at Pan Ams, while Wellbrock became the first swimmer ever to capture gold at a major international meet in both the pool and open water events when he won the 1500 meter freestyle and 10K at Worlds in Korea.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">ANA MARCELA CUNHA<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">BRAZIL<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Female Open Water Swimmer of the Year<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>After taking care of business with Olympic qualification in the 10K, Cunha put on a masterful performance at the World Championships in South Korea. Already a three-time gold medalist in the 25K event entering the meet (in 2011, 2015 and 2017), Cunha beat out France\u2019s Aurelie Mueller by a second for gold in the 5K before defending her 25K title in an eight-second victory. In between those two wins, she also swam the first leg of Brazil\u2019s 5K open water relay that ended up finishing fourth.<\/p>\n<p>While plenty of swimmers bounce between the pool and open water, that\u2019s not Cunha. The 27-year-old grew up swimming open water in her hometown of S\u00e3o Paolo, and she has never left that environment. Plenty of swimmers move toward open water because they sense opportunity, and in particular, many swimmers who race the grueling, five-hour-long 25K simply tolerate the event.<\/p>\n<p>Not Cunha\u2014that\u2019s her favorite. She calls long distance her favorite part of open water swimming, and when asked for her least favorite part, Cunha replied, \u201cEverything that is swimming in open water interests me very much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><br \/>\nFLORIAN WELLBROCK<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ffcc00;\">GERMANY<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A month shy of his 22nd birthday, Wellbrock\u2014Swimming World\u2019s 2019 male Open Water Swimmer of the Year\u2014won a thrilling battle in the men\u2019s 10K, qualifying for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo with a time of 1 hour, 47 minutes, 55.9 seconds\u2014just 2-tenths ahead of France\u2019s Marc-Antoine Olivier. Wellbrock\u2019s teammate, Rob Muffels, took third, a second-and-a-half off the pace.<\/p>\n<p>Eleven days later, he turned his attention to the pool and qualified second in the 1500 behind Italy\u2019s Gregorio Paltrinieri, who had won the 1500 at the Olympics in 2016 and the World Championships in 2014 (short course), 2015 and 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The next night in finals, Wellbrock found himself in the middle of a three-way battle among himself, Paltrinieri (who led for most of the race) and Ukraine\u2019s Mykhailo Romanchuk. By 1,350 meters, Wellbrock was in third, but only 17-hundredths of a second separated the trio. The open water champ had the lead at 1,400 meters\u2014about 3-tenths ahead of Paltrinieri and 4-tenths ahead of Romanchuk\u2014and Wellbrock held on for a 14:36.54 win to Romanchuk\u2019s 14:37.63 and Paltrinieri\u2019s 14:38.75.<\/p>\n<p>With the victory, Wellbrock became the first swimmer ever to capture gold at a major international meet in both the pool and open water events.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>To read more about 2019&#8217;s Open Water Swimmers of the Year,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>check out the November issue of Swimming World, out now!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2019\/swimming-world-magazine-november-2019-issue-pdf-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"400388\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-florian-wellbrock-as-mens-open-water-swimmer-of-the-year-on-the-cover-of-november-2019-issue\/sw-november-2019-florian-wellbrock-cover-800x1070\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SW-November-2019-Florian-Wellbrock-Cover-800x1070.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1070\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SW November 2019 Florian Wellbrock Cover 800&#215;1070\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;SW November 2019 Florian Wellbrock &#8211; Ana Marcela Cunha -Simone Manuel Cover 800&#215;1070&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;November 2019 &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SW-November-2019-Florian-Wellbrock-Cover-800x1070-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SW-November-2019-Florian-Wellbrock-Cover-800x1070-766x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-400388 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SW-November-2019-Florian-Wellbrock-Cover-800x1070.jpg\" alt=\"SW November 2019 Florian Wellbrock Cover 800x1070\" width=\"800\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SW-November-2019-Florian-Wellbrock-Cover-800x1070.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SW-November-2019-Florian-Wellbrock-Cover-800x1070-150x201.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SW-November-2019-Florian-Wellbrock-Cover-800x1070-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SW-November-2019-Florian-Wellbrock-Cover-800x1070-300x401.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SW-November-2019-Florian-Wellbrock-Cover-800x1070-450x602.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SW-November-2019-Florian-Wellbrock-Cover-800x1070-673x900.jpg 673w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SW-November-2019-Florian-Wellbrock-Cover-800x1070-374x500.jpg 374w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SW-November-2019-Florian-Wellbrock-Cover-800x1070-245x327.jpg 245w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/SW-November-2019-Florian-Wellbrock-Cover-800x1070-533x713.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">[PHOTO CREDIT: BECCA WYANT]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Get <em>Swimming World Magazine<\/em> and <em>Swimming World Biweekly<\/em> FREE When You<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product-category\/ishof-membership\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product-category\/ishof-membership\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1522345712821000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGfwbLD2OaI21g28efcR0DZZlQSOQ\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Become A Member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want More? 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But many more open water highlights took place this past year\u2014from Hawaii to Florida to Europe and East Asia. Here are Swimming World\u2019s top five.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>020 DOPING FOR GOLD<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Craig Lord<\/strong><br \/>\nThe fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago in November 1989 opened the door that would eventually reveal East Germany\u2019s systematic doping of an estimated 10,000 athletes over more than two decades.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>023 MAKING A DIFFERENCE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by David Rieder<\/strong><br \/>\nThrough a constant drive for bettering herself, Simone Manuel has crafted a career for which she may eventually be remembered as the greatest American sprinter ever. But she has forever changed the sport, her impact reaching far beyond any medal she has won.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>026 TAKEOFF TO TOKYO: THE SYDNEY 6<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by John Lohn<\/strong><br \/>\nAt the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, six American male teenagers broke through during their first Olympic foray and remained major players in the sport in the years ahead. The scenario that unfolded for Michael Phelps, Anthony Ervin, Ian Crocker, Aaron Peirsol, Klete Keller and Erik Vendt could very well remain unmatched.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>030 ISHOF: SWIMMER RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF BRITISH MILITARY&#8217;S GREATEST HEROES<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Bruce Wigo<\/strong><br \/>\nBernard Freyberg, a New Zealander who distinguished himself both in swimming and in war, used his expertise in swimming to perform one of the most heroic acts of World War I.<\/p>\n<p>COACHING<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>010 LESSONS WITH THE LEGENDS: DICK KIMBALL<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>014 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: STRATEGIES TO OVERCOME THE BARRIERS TO IMPROVING TECHNIQUE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Rod Havriluk<\/strong><br \/>\nThere are many barriers that make it difficult for any swimmer to improve technique. Fortunately, there are also very effective strategies to deal with these barriers. The first step is for the swimmer to stay mentally engaged for the duration of every training session.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>038 SETON SWIMMING\u2019S SAMPLE FOR SUCCESS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><br \/>\nJim Koehr, head coach of the Seton School swimming team in Manassas, Va., has devised an ideal model for a winning high school program.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>041 Q&amp;A WITH COACH SCOTT ARMSTRONG<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>043 HOW THEY TRAIN NOAH CORBITT<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>by Michael J. 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