Alisa Fatum Wins 200 Freestyle at the Winter Swimming World Championships
Alisa Fatum of Germany won the women’s 200m freestyle on Day 2 of the 2023 Winter Swimming World Championships in Lake Bled, Slovenia. She broke the world record of 2:23.08 previously held by Julia Wittig, also of Germany, set at the 2018 Winter Swimming World Championships.
200m Freestyle Top 10 Women’s Results, 2023 Winter Swimming World Championships
- Alisa Fatum (Germany) 2:18.30
- Marie-Therese Bartl (Germany) 2:30.96
- Kristiina Arusoo (Estonia) 2:43.94
- Katja Hechel (Germany) 2:46.39
- Ailen Lascano Micaz (Argentina) 2:57.17
- Erin Medcalf (Great Britain) 2:47.46
- Karoline Boesen Nielsen (Denmark) 2:47.91
- Merle Vantsi (Estonia) 2:53.39
- Kerstin Thomas (Germany) 2:58.11
- Claudia Müller (Austria) 2:58.39
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