Can Kristóf Rasovszky Equal The LEN Open Water Cup Success of Christian Reichert?
The LEN Open Water Cup kicked off its 2022 season in Eilat, Israel where Kristóf Rasovszky of Hungary won a close race in the 6-part Ligue Européenne de Natation series will continue in Italy, Serbia, Germany, and Spain.
Rasovszky could equal the three LEN Open Water Cup series titles that Christian Reichert of Germany previously achieved. The following swimmers were crowned the LEN champions:
- 1998: Emmanuel Poissier, France
- 1999: Emmanuel Poissier, France
- 2000: Luca Baldini, Italy
- 2001: Marco Formentini, Italy
- 2002: Luca Baldini, Italy
- 2003: Alan Bircher, Great Britain
- 2004: Alan Bircher, Great Britain
- 2005: Thomas Lurz, Germany
- 2006: Francisco José Hervás, Spain
- 2007: Toni Franz, Germany
- 2008: Christian Reichert, Germany
- 2009: Christian Reichert, Germany
- 2010: Andreas Waschburger, Germany
- 2011: Hendrik Rijkens, Germany
- 2012: Ferry Weertman, Netherlands and Christian Reichert, Germany
- 2013: Andreas Waschburger, Germany
- 2014: Andrea Bianchi, Italy
- 2015: Dario Verani, Italy
- 2016: Dario Verani, Italy
- 2017: Kristóf Rasovszky, Hungary
- 2018: Kristóf Rasovszky, Hungary
- 2019: Matej Kozubek, Czech Republic
- 2020: season cancelled after one race
- 2021: Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italy
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