As is traditional at the FINA World Aquatics Gala, the coach of the gold medalist of the
Olympic 10K Marathon Swim received the Open Water Swimming Coach of the Year Award. Fernando Possenti was honored as the Coach of the Best Female Open Water Swimmer in 2021, Ana Marcela Cunha who repeated as FINA's Best Female Open Water Swimmer of the
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Fernando Possenti, coach of 25 km world champion Ana Marcela Cunha, was honored by FINA at its Soirée des Etoiles in Doha, Qatar last week. The Brazilian coach swam the 200 butterfly and 200 individual medley until the age of 17 years. Then his life changed and his destiny was set. "In São Paulo at 17, I
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Open water swimming is typically a non-angular sport. There is a unique randomness to the open water. Although general patterns exist with tides and currents, any one location in an open body of water does not have the strict specificity of a swimming pool. The randomness may be generated like clouds on
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Fernando Possenti swam the 200 butterfly and 200 individual medley until the age of 17 years. Then his life changed and his destiny was set. "In São Paulo at 17, I started teaching classes. Then at 19, I organized a school swim team in Cotia. Our results were good so I started studying physical
