Pros on the Podium – Women0 (0)
43 professional marathon swimmers have competed in various races on the FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series pro circuit since 2018.
Tag: Alice Franco
Pros on the Podium – Women
Barbara Pozzobon Wins Capri-Napoli0 (0)
Barbara Pozzobon Wins Capri-Napoli Courtesy of FINA, Capri-Napoli, Italy. Barbara Pozzobon and Alice Franco went 1-2 at the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli. The tradition of swimming from the island of Capri and racing to Marina Grande Beach in Napoli on the mainland of Italy began in 1954. Once a mainstay on the International Long Distance Swimming
Déjà Vu For Angela Maurer In Novi, Croatia0 (0)
Déjà Vu For Angela Maurer In Novi, Croatia Courtesy of FINA, Novi, Croatia. Angela Maurer, at the age of 44, became one of the oldest swimmers in history to win a leg on the FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series. 44-year-old Maurer won the 20 km marathon swim in Novi, Croatia on August 31st. Maurer described her victory by 17 seconds over another veteran Alice
Marcel Schouten Wins Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean0 (0)
Marcel Schouten Wins Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean Courtesy of Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean, Quebec, Canada. Marcel Schouten won the biggest race in his career in a 7 hour 13 minute victory at the 2019 Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Quebec, Canada. Overall Results: Marcel Schouten (Netherlands) 7:13:31 Christopher
Morgane Dornic Wins 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean In Québec0 (0)
Morgane Dornic Wins 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean In Québec Courtesy of Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean, Québec, Canada. Morgane Dornic won the biggest race in her career in a 8 hour 34 second victory at the 2019 Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Quebec, Canada. Overall Results: Marcel Schouten (Netherlands) 7:13:31
Barbara Pozzobón Earns Upset Win In Santa Fe-Coronda0 (0)
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Barbara Pozzobón has been getting better and better over her open water swimming career. Today, she earned her first FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit victory in the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe - Coronda. Pozzobón won the 43rd edition of the river race in 8 hours 53 minutes over
Alice Franco Talks Training0 (0)
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alice Franco is a professional marathon swimmer from Asti, Piemonte in northern Italy. A member of the Italian national open water swimming team, she won a bronze medal in the 25 km race at the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai and finished fourth in the 25 km at the 2013 FINA World Championships in
Alice Franco At The King And Queen Of The Sea0 (0)
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Alice Franco partnered up with Italian teammate Matteo Furlan to compete in the elite division grid race at the 2015 King and Queen of the Sea in Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She gives her impressions of the race below: Copyright © 2015 by World Open Water Swimming Association
Pilar Geijo WIns Her Fifth Grand Prix Title0 (0)
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Pilar Geijo of Argentina won the 2015 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix title in a tight season-long battle over Alice Franco of Italy. Pilar has now won the title in the last 4 out of 5 years: 2010, 2011, 2014 and 2015. The 31-year-old swimmer who trains under her husband Diego Tricárico at Club River
Damián Blaum, Alice Franco Win 50th Capri-Napoli0 (0)
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. In 1949 Aldo Fioravanti and Cesare Alfieri became the first people to swim from the Island of Capri to Napoli in Italy. Their crossing took 12 hours and was soon transformed to the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli that has served as world championship races and a traditional stop on the FINA Open Water
