{"id":492924,"date":"2021-12-08T08:40:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=492924"},"modified":"2021-12-08T08:40:27","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:40:27","slug":"rio-2016-open-water-champion-ferry-weertman-calls-time-on-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/rio-2016-open-water-champion-ferry-weertman-calls-time-on-his-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio 2016 Open Water Champion Ferry Weertman Calls Time On His Career"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rio 2016 open water champion Ferry Weertman<\/strong> has called time on a career which brought Olympic, world and European titles.<\/p>\n

The Netherlands swimmer announced his retirement months after finishing seventh in the 10k at Tokyo 2020, five years after his triumph at Copacabana Beach.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old claimed the first of his international titles at the 2014 European Championships in Berlin where he claimed individual and team gold, a feat he repeated four years later in\u00a0 Glasgow.<\/p>\n

He won gold at the 2017 worlds in Budapest, two years after double silver in Kazan, sandwiching his Olympic title in 2016.<\/p>\n

Weertman, who is engaged to be married to three-time Olympic champion Ranomi Kromowidjojo<\/strong>, took some time after Tokyo to consider whether he would continue until Paris 2024.<\/p>\n

All things considered, Weertman decided that the time was right to draw the curtain on a fine career, telling the Dutch federation (KNZB) website:<\/p>\n

“The circle is complete for me. I’ve won everything there is to win.\u00a0I would not have been able to do this without the support of the KNZB, NOC*NSF, my sponsors, the trainers and other supervisors who challenged me to get the best out of myself.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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