Pilar Geijo
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She competed in the 2011 FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit where she ranked 77th and was voted as the 2011 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year.
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Marathon Swimming Victories
Geijo has won most of the world's greatest ultra-marathon swimming competitions. In August 2010, Geijo won the Traversée Internationale du Lac Memphrémagog, the 34K event on the the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix, as well as the 2011 Maratona del Golfo Capri Napoli Marathon 46^ Edizione. She also won the 16K FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix in April in Sumidero Canyon in southern Mexico as well as the longest race in the world, the 88K Hernandarias-Parana FINA Grand Prix event in her home country of Argentina while setting a new record time of 8 hours and 34 minutes.
Because of her speed and endurance, she often swims side-by-side with the top men. In many race, Geijo explains, "I decide to go with the top men." When the top men start to pick up their pace before the second half of the race, they created a major separation from the rest of the field, including the top women. "It is a big risk because I could lose the men, but I continue [as the lone woman]. I could slow down and swim with the women or I could swim alone. But life has risks."
Image is also important for the personable multi-lingual athlete, "When I finish, I have a big smile. I am very tired [after the long marathon swims], but it is important [for the fans] to see us finish with a smile."
But her victories do not come easy. Geijo swims twice a day doing 15,000 meters per day with additional dryland training three times per week.
Career Results in Spanish
Resultados 2012
- 1er puesto Maratón Internacional Hernandarias – Parana
Resultados 2011
- Actualmente N°1 del Ranking Mundial
- 1er puesto FINA Grand Prix - Paraná
- 2do puesto FINA Grand Prix - Coronda
- 3er puesto FINA Grand Prix - Rosario
Resultados 2010
- Campeona del Circuito Mundial 2010
- 3er puesto FINA Grand Prix - Macedonia
- 1er puesto FINA Grand Prix - Canadá
- 1er puesto FINA Grand Prix - Canadá
- 2do puesto FINA Grand Prix - Italia
- 1er puesto FINA Grand Prix - México
- 1er puesto FINA Grand Prix - Paraná
- 3er puesto FINA Grand Prix - Coronda
Resultados 2009
- 1er puesto Hernandarias-Paraná
- 2do puesto FINA Grand Prix - Italia
- 2do puesto FINA Grand Prix - Canadá
- 2do puesto FINA Grand Prix - Ohrid
- 2do puesto FINA Grand Prix - Canadá
- 5to puesto FINA Grand Prix - Rosario
- 5to puesto FINA Grand Prix - Viedma
- 6to puesto FINA Grand Prix - México
- 10mo puesto FINA Grand Prix - Dubai
Distinciones y Premios
- Premio Clarin Consagración 2010
- Premio Olimpia 2010
- Premio Jorge Newbery 2005
Geijo in Video
Geijo on Television
Pilar Geijo, nadadora argentina, campeona del Circuito Mundial de Aguas Abiertas 2010 fue invitada al piso del programa Cuestion de Peso que conduce Claribel Medina por Canal 13 para dar tips de natación y hablar sobre su alimentación. 24 de Diciembre de 2010
Geijo Sponsor
Geijo is sponsored by blueseventy after being ranked second in the 2009 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix rankings and leading the world rankings in 2010 and 2011. She joins 10-time world professional marathon swimming champion English Channel record holder Petar Stoychev on the blueseventy team.
blueseventy is confident that Geijo will continue to make headlines in open water swimming history, following in the footsteps of great Argentinian marathon swimmers from the past - Horacio Iglesias, Claudio Plit, Diego Degano, Antonio Abertondo, Alfredo Camarero, Pedro Candiotti, Silvia Beatríz Dalotto and Lilian Harrison.
Dean Jackson of blueseventy said, "We’re working with some inspirational athletes at the moment, and are delighted to welcome Pilar to our team. She’s had some great results this year and her input can only help strengthen the development of our bespoke open water swimwear. blueseventy is currently the only manufacturer making suits specifically for open water swimmers. It’s a sport that we are completely immersed in, and we’re genuinely pleased to be working with Pilar, who is as tough as they come in the sport."
