Olympic champions Ferry Weertman  and his girlfriend Ranomi Kromowidjojo have both recently retired. Over the course of her 16-year career, Kromowidjojo won an incredible 162 total FINA and Olympic medals (69 gold+ 55 silver + 38 bronze). Compared to 94 FINA and Olympic medals won by Michael Phelps and 82 by Alexander Popov, her longevity in the sport is renowned.

Weertman himself has won 13 FINA and Olympic medals (6 gold + 6 silver + 1 bronze). Other top open water swimmers (inclusive of both pool and open water FINA competitions) include the athletes listed below. Note that podium positions prior to 1991 that were earned on the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation or the International Marathon Swimming Association professional circuits are not included. FINA took control over the professional circuit during the 1991-1992 transition period.

2020 Tokyo Olympic marathon swim champion Ana Marcela Cunha of Brazil is still active and is expected to add to her tally over the next few (or several) years.

1. Ana Marcela Cunha, Brazil (69) 35 gold + 17 silver + 17 bronze [shown above]
2. Ous Mellouli, Tunisia (66) 37 gold + 15 silver + 14 bronze
3. Thomas Lurz, Germany (59) 35 gold + 15 silver + 9 bronze
4. Angela Maurer, Germany (56) 10 gold + 23 silver + 23 bronze
5. Poliana Okimoto Cintra, Brazil (44) 17 gold + 14 silver + 13 bronze
6. Petar Stoychev, Bulgaria (42) 27 gold + 6 silver + 9 bronze
7. Esther Nuñez Morera, Spain (40) 8 gold + 11 silver + 21 bronze
8. Pilar Geijo, Argentina (39) 13 gold + 17 silver + 9 bronze
9. Damián Blaum, Argentina (31) 5 gold + 10 silver + 16 bronze
10. Gregorio Paltrinieri, Italy (28) 11 gold + 8 silver + 9 bronze
11. Britta Kamrau, Germany (26) 10 gold + 9 silver + 7 bronze
12. Rachele Bruni, Italy (26) 9 gold + 9 silver + 9 bronze
13. Allan do Carmo, Brazil (25) 3 gold + 9 silver + 13 bronze
14. Vladimir Dyatchin, Russia (24) 7 gold + 10 silver + 7 bronze
15. Spyridon Gianniotis, Greece (23) 7 gold + 9 silver + 7 bronze
16. Martina Grimaldi, Italy (23) 12 gold + 3 silver + 8 bronze
17. Simone Ercoli, Italy (23) 6 gold + 8 silver + 9 bronze
18. Larisa Ilchenko, Russia (19) 13 gold + 4 silver + 2 bronze
19. Christian Reichert, Germany (18) 6 gold + 7 silver + 5 bronze
20. Alexander Studzinski, Germany (18) 5 gold + 7 silver + 6 bronze
21. Edith van Dijk, Netherlands (17) 6 gold + 6 silver + 5 bronze
22. Florian Wellbrock, Germany (17) 13 gold + 1 silver + 3 bronze
23. Sharon van Rouwendaal, Netherlands (17) 4 gold + 9 silver + 4 bronze
24. Simone Ruffini, Italy (17) 8 gold + 3 silver + 6 bronze
25. Kristóf Rasovszky, Hungary (17) 9 gold + 5 silver + 3 bronze
26. Evgenij Pop Acev, Macedonia (17) 2 gold + 7 silver + 8 bronze
27. Valerio Cleri, Italy (16) 10 gold + 2 silver + 4 bronze
28. Cecilia Biagioli, Argentina (16) 7 gold + 4 silver + 5 bronze
29. Evgenii Drattcev, Russia (16) 3 gold + 4 silver + 9 bronze
30. Alice Franco, Italy (16) 4 gold + 6 silver + 6 bronze
31. Edoardo Stochino, Italy (15) 3 gold + 9 silver + 3 bronze
32. Aurélie Muller, France (14) 7 gold + 5 silver + 2 bronze
33. Ferry Weertman, Netherlands (13) 6 gold + 6 silver + 1 bronze
34. Olga Kozydub, Russia (13) 7 gold + 3 silver + 3 bronze
35. Anna Uvarova, Russia (13) 4 gold + 7 silver + 2 bronze
36. Haley Anderson, USA (12) 5 gold + 6 silver + 1 bronze
37. Anna Olasz, Hungary (12) 2 gold + 7 silver + 3 bronze
38. Marc-Antoine Olivier, France (12) 8 gold + 2 silver + 2 bronze
39. Rob Muffels, Germany (12) 5 gold + 4 silver + 3 bronze
40. Kristel Köbrich, Chile (11) 2 gold + 8 silver + 1 bronze
41. Erika Villaecija, Spain (11) 3 gold + 4 silver + 4 bronze
42. Silvie Rybářová, Czech Republic (11) 3 gold + 5 silver + 3 bronze
43. Peggy Büchse, Germany (10) 4 gold + 3 silver + 3 bronze
44. Yuri Kudinov, Russia/Kazakhstan (10) 5 gold + 3 silver + 2 bronze
45. Andreas Waschburger, Germany (10) 3 gold + 4 silver + 3 bronze
46. Fran Crippen, USA (10) 2 gold + 2 silver + 6 bronze
47. Alex Meyer, USA (10) 5 gold + 1 silver + 4 bronze
48. Keri-Anne Payne, Great Britain (9) 4 gold + 2 silver + 3 bronze
49. Viola Valli, Italy (9) 5 gold + 2 silver + 2 bronze
50. Yvetta Hlaváčová, Czech Republic (9) 2 gold + 2 silver + 5 bronze
51. Tomi Stefanovski, Macedonia (9) 2 gold + 3 silver + 4 bronze
52. Éva Risztov, Hungary (9) 3 gold + 6 silver
53. Andrea Volpini, Italy (9) 2 gold + 4 silver + 3 bronze
54. Brian Ryckeman, Belgium (9) 2 gold + 5 silver + 2 bronze
55. Trent Grimsey, Australia (9) 5 gold + 2 silver + 2 bronze
56. Barbara Pozzobon, Italy (9) 6 gold + 3 silver
57. Jordan Wilimovsky, USA (8) 1 gold + 3 silver + 4 bronze
58. Jack Burnell, Great Britain (8) 4 gold + 3 silver + 1 bronze
59. Guillermo Bertola, Argentina (8) 2 gold + 3 silver + 3 bronze
60. Samantha Arévalo, Ecuador (8) 2 silver + 6 bronze
61. Simon Tobin-Daignault, Canada (7) 5 silver + 2 bronze
62. Chad Ho, South Africa (7) 2 gold + 2 silver + 3 bronze
63. Karla Šitić, Croatia (7) 3 gold + 3 silver + 1 bronze
64. Leonie Beck, Germany (7) 2 gold + 2 silver + 3 bronze
65. David Meca, Spain (7) 2 gold + 4 silver + 1 bronze
66. Maarten van der Weijden, Netherlands (6) 2 gold + 2 silver + 2 bronze
67. David Davies, Great Britain (6) 3 silver + 3 bronze
68. Richard Weinberger, Canada (6) 3 silver + 3 bronze
69. Shelley Clark, Australia (6) 1 gold + 3 silver + 2 bronze
70. Stéphane Gomez, France (6) 1 gold + 4 silver + 1 bronze
71. Jana Pechanová, Czech Republic (6) 1 gold + 4 silver + 1 bronze
72. Melissa Gorman, Australia (6) 1 gold + 1 silver + 4 bronze
73. Ashley Twichell, USA (6) 2 gold + 2 silver + 2 bronze
74. Federico Vanelli, Italy (6) 1 gold + 3 silver + 2 bronze
75. Isabelle Härle, Germany (6) 2 gold + 1 silver + 3 bronze
76. Xin Xin, China (6) 5 gold + 1 bronze
77. Xavier Desharnais, Canada (5) 2 gold + 3 silver
78. Philippe Guertin, Canada (5) 1 gold + 2 silver + 2 bronze
79. Aleksey Akatyev, Russia (5) 2 gold + 1 silver + 2 bronze
80. Mario Sanzullo, Italy (5) 1 gold + 3 silver + 1 bronze
81. Yevgeny Bezruchenko, Russia (5) 1 gold + 3 silver + 1 bronze
82. Mazen Aziz, Egypt (5) 1 gold + 2 silver + 2 bronze
83. Sergey Bolshakov, Russia (5) 3 silver + 2 bronze
84. Ky Hurst, Australia (5) 1 gold + 3 silver + 1 bronze
85. Finnia Wunram, Germany (5) 1 gold + 1 silver + 3 bronze
86. Chloe Sutton, USA (5) 1 gold + 2 silver + 2 bronze
87. Rodolfo Valenti, Italy (5) 1 silver + 4 bronze
88. Ivan Afanevich, Russia (5) 2 gold + 3 bronze
89. Lara Grangeon de Villele, France (5) 5 bronze
90. Igor Chervynskiy, Ukraine (4) 2 silver + 2 bronze
91. Saleh Mohammad, Syria (4) 2 silver + 2 bronze
92. Kalliopi Araouzou, Greece (4) 3 silver + 1 bronze
93. Kirill Abrosimov, Russia (4) 1 gold + 1 silver + 2 bronze
94. Swann Oberson, Switzerland (4) 2 gold + 1 silver + 1 bronze
95. Andreína Pinto, Venezuela (4) 4 bronze
96. Taylor Abbott, USA (3) 1 gold + 1 silver + 1 bronze
97. Shelley Taylor-Smith, Australia (3) 1 gold + 1 silver + 1 bronze
98. Mark Warkentin, USA (3) 1 silver + 2 bronze
99. Francisco Jose Hervas Jodar, Spain (3) 1 gold + 2 bronze
100. Rostislav Vítek, Czech Republic (3) 2 gold + 1 bronze
101. Mohamed El Zanaty, Egypt (3) 1 gold + 2 bronze
102. Cassandra Patten, Great Britain (3) 2 silver + 1 bronze
103. Daniel Fogg, Great Britain (3) 1 gold + 2 bronze
104. Kareena Lee, Australia (3) 1 silver + 2 bronze
105. Josh Santacaterina, Australia (3) 1 gold + 2 silver
106. Nicolas Masse-Savard, Canada (2) 1 silver + 1 bronze
107. Christof Wandratsch, Germany (2) 1 gold + 1 silver
108. Chad Hundeby, USA (2) 2 gold
109. Ophelie Aspord, France (2) 2 bronze
110. Anna Guseva, Russia (2) 1 silver + 1 bronze
111. Yasunari Hirai, Japan (2) 1 silver + 1 bronze
112. Anastasiia Krapivina, Russia (2) 2 silver
113. Gabriel Chaillou, Argentina (2) 2 bronze
114. Tom Allen, Great Britain (2) 1 gold + 1 bronze
115. Gregory Streppel, Canada (1) 1 gold
116. Stéphane Lecat, France (1) 1 bronze
117. Karen Burton, USA (1) 1 bronze
118. Marianna Lymperta, Greece (1) 1 bronze
119. Yurema Requena, Spain (1) 1 bronze

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