Chelsea Gubecka

Chelsea Gubecka is a member of the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame

Chelsea Gubecka at the 2013 Milk & Co Queensland Ocean Swim Series

Chelsea Gubecka (born 8 September 1998) is a 19-year-old pool and open water swimmer and 2016 Olympian from Australia.

Open Water Swimming Career Highlights

• On 12 November 2022, she won the 10 km at the FINA Marathon Swim World Series in Eilat, Israel for her first individual career FINA open water swimming race.
• On 11 November 2022, she finished 3rd in the 4x1500m mixed team relay race at the FINA Marathon Swim World Series in Eilat, Israel for her first team career FINA open water swimming podium position.
• On 11 November 2022, she won the 10 km at the FINA Marathon Swim World Series in Eilat, Israel for her first individual career FINA open water swimming race.
• She is an Honouree in the Class of 2020/2021 of the Australian Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame.
• She won the Mooloolaba Mile in Australia.
• She won the Kings of the Coast at the 2013 Milk & Co Queensland Ocean Swim Series
• She represented Australia in the 10 km marathon swim at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain on 23 July
• She represented Australia at the 2014 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships.
• She placed 16th at the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Hong Kong in October 2014.
• She won both the 5 km open water swim and 10 km marathon swim at the 2016 Australian Open Water Championships to qualify for the 2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim qualifier
• She competed in the 25 km marathon swim at the 2017 FINA World Swimming Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary.
• She won the 2018 Australian 10 km Open Water Championship at Brighton Beach on 26 January 2018.
• She competed in the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 10 km marathon swim in Chiba, Japan on 14 August 2018.
• She competed on the 2019 FINA / CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in Seychelles on 12 May 2019.
• On 24 January 2020, she finished 4th in the 2020 Australian Open Water Swimming Championships 10 km race in Brighton Beach.
• On 26 June 2022, she participated in the mixed 6 km relay in Lake Lupa, Hungary at the 2022 FINA World Championships.
• On 29 June 2022, she finished 13th at the 2022 FINA World Championships 10 km marathon swim at the age of 23.

2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Results

She finished 15th in the 2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro

Gold Sharon Van Rouwendaal (Netherlands) 1:56:32.1
Silver Rachele Bruni (Italy) 1:56:49.5
Bronze: Poliana Okimoto (Brazil) 1:56:51.4
4. Xin Xin (China) 1:57:14.4
5. Haley Anderson (United States) 1:57:20.2
6. Isabelle Härle (Germany) 1:57:22.1
7. Keri-Anne Payne (Great Britain) 1:57:23.9
8. Anastasia Krapivina (Russia) 1:57:25.9
9. Samantha Arevalo (Ecuador) 1:57:27.2
10. Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil) 1:57:29.0
11. Kalliopi Araouzou (Greece) 1:57:31.6
12. Yumi Kida (Japan) 1:57:35.2
13. Éva Risztov (Hungary) 1:57:42.8
14. Anna Olasz (Hungary) 1:57:45.5
15. Chelsea Gubecka (Australia) 1:58:12.7
16. Spela Perse (Slovenia) 1:58:59.6
17. Erika Villaecija (Spain) 1:59:04.8
18. Michelle Weber (South Africa) 1:59:05.0
19. Jana Pechanova (Czech Republic) 1:59:07.7
20. Paola Perez (Venezuela) 1:59:07.7
21. Heidi Gan (Malaysia) 1:59:07.9
22. Joanna Zachoszcz (Poland) 1:59:20.4
23. Stephanie Horner (Canada) 1:59:22.1
24. Vânia Neves (Portugal) 2:01:39.3
25. Reem Mohamed Husein Elsayed Kaseem (Egypt) 2:05:19.1
DSQ Aurélie Muller (France)

2016 Rio Olympic Games Marathon Swim Coverage

• Race Numbers Of The Female Olympic Marathon Finalists
• Women Appear To Start Slowly In 10K
• Copacabana Beach Is Mellow During Olympic 10K
• Bringing It Back Fast In The Olympic 10K
• Olympic 10K Is Swell
• It's Feeding Time On The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
• Support, Safety Personnel On The Olympic 10K Course
• Sharon Van Rouwendaal Leads Olympic 10K On Last Lap
• Sharon Van Rouwendaal Swim Brilliantly, Wins Olympic 10K
• Aurélie Muller Disqualified On Last Stroke Of Olympic 10K
• The Joy Of Winning The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
• Scenes From The Women's Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
• Brazil's Poliana Okimoto Takes Long Road To Bronze
• Capturing The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim On Film
• Crushing Waves, Strong Currents In Copacabana Beach
• Rio Report Mixes Up Guanabara Bay, Copacabana Beach
• Connecting The Dots In The Open Water
• What To Look For At The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
• Testing Out The Copacabana 10K Course
• Congratulations Rio. Top Moments In The Olympic 10K
• Age Analysis Of Olympic Open Water Swimmers
• Will There Be 45 In Tokyo's Olympic 10K Marathon Swim?

External links

• No Surprise: Ana Marcela Cunha Wins FINA Marathon Swim World Series in Paris
• Takeaways from the 2022 FINA World Championships
• Sharon van Rouwendaal Sprints to Marathon Swimming Gold Medal at the World Championships
• Entrants in FINA World Championships Mixed 6 km Relay
• Swimming At Snapper Rocks
• Head Coach Mel Tantrum Follows In The Wake of Pioneering Women
• History Of Marathon Swimming In Australia, Part 1
• 12 Additional Honorees Named By Australian Marathon Swimming Hall Of Fame
• Haley Anderson Wins Close One At Australian 10 km Championships
• Kareena Lee Wins Another Title At Australian Open Water Championships
• Weekend Warrior Events
• Cooly Classic Culminates For Weekend Warriors
• The Closest Open Water Race In History
• Will Youth Be Served At Pan Pacific Swimming 10K?
• Juniors And Seniors Mix In Maui
• Back To The Future In Hong Kong
• Top 10 10Kers at Australian Open Water Swimming Champs
• Australia Plans To Live Up To Its Legacy
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
• Marathon Swimming
• Chelsea Gubecka Swimming Well Towards Rio
• Chelsea Gubecka, Kareena Lee Go 2 For 2
• What Women Will Qualify For The 2016 Rio Olympics?
• Aurélie Muller Wins World Championships, Heading To Rio
• Ana Marcela Cunha Wins 9th World Championship Medal
• Nick Sloman, Chelsea Gubecka Win Big at Australian Open Water Championships
• Green With Envy In South Korea