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Francisco Hervas
Francisco José Hervás Jodar (born 1981, nickname Kiko) is a two-time Olympic open water swimmer from Spain who is coached by Carlos Carnero and Carles Subirana..
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- He competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim where he placed 13th.
- He finished 23rd in the 2012 London Olympic 10K Marathon Swim by virtue of his 6th place finish at the 2011 FINA World Championships 10 km marathon swim.
- He competed on the 2012 FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit.
- He is a 3-time winner of the Descenso a Nado de la Ría de Navia.
- He won the inaugural Zoot Swim Games in Spain, organized by Culture Sport.
- He won the 2006 LEN Open Water Cup series.
- He is the race director of the Clàssica de Natació Peníscola-Benicarló (or Clásica Peñíscola-Benicarló) 7.5 km open water swimming competition between North Beach and City Beach Morrongo in Benicarló, Spain.
- 2011 FINA World Swimming Championships 25 km - Beijing, China - 4th
- 2011 FINA World Swimming Championships 10 km - Beijing, China - 6th
- 2011 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix - Rosario, Argentina - 15 km - 1st
- 2011 FINA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup - Santos, Brazil - 10 km - 3rd
- 2011 European Swimming Championships 10 km - Eilat, Israel - 6th
- 2010 World Open Water Swimming Championships - Roberval, Canada
- 2010 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix - Chiapas, Mexico - 15 km - 3rd
- 2010 European Swimming Championships 10 km - Budapest, Hungary - 5th
- 2009 World Swimming Championships - Rome, Italy - 10 km - 7th
- 2009 European Swimming Championships - Dubrovnik, Croatia - 25 km - 5th
- 2009 FINA Open Water Swimming Championships - Sevilla, Spain - 5 km - 6th
- 2009 European Swimming Championships - Dubrovnik, Croatia - 5 km - 8th
- 2009 European Swimming Championships - Dubrovnik, Croatia - 10 km - 8th
- 2008 Beijing Olympics Olympic 10K Marathon Swim - 13th
- 2007 FINA World Swimming Championships - Melbourne, Australia - 4th
- 2006 he won the LEN Open Water Cup
- 2005 European Cup
Videos
2008 Beijing Olympic Games Men's Results
Gold: Maarten van der Weijden (Netherlands) 1:51:51.6
Silver: David Davies (Great Britain) 1:51:53.1
Bronze: Thomas Lurz (Germany) 1:51:53.6
4. Valerio Cleri (Italy) 1:52:07.5
5. Evgeny Drattsev (Russia) 1:52:08.9
6. Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria) 1:52:09.1
7. Brian Ryckeman (Belgium) 1:52:10.7
8. Mark Warkentin (United States) 1:52:13.0
9. Chad Ho (South Africa) 1:52:13.1
10. Erwin Leon Maldonado Savera (Venezuela) 1:52:13.6
11. Ky Hurst (Australia) 1:52:13.7
12. Igor Chervynskiy (Ukraine) 1:52:14.7
13. Francisco Jose Hervas (Spain) 1:52:16.
14. Allan do Carmo (Brazil) 1:52:16.6
15. Gilles Rondy (France) 1:52:16.7
16. Spyridon Gianniotis (Greece) 1:52:20.4
17. Rostislav Vitek (Czech Republic) 1:52:41.8
18. Luis Escobar (Mexico) 1:53:47.9
19. Saleh Mohammad (Syria) 1:54:37.7
20. Mohamed Elzanaty (Egypt) 1:55:17.0
21. Damian Blaum (Argentina) 1:55:48.6
22. Arseniy Lavrentyev (Portugal) 2:03:39.6
23. Xin Tong (China 2:09:13.4
Csaba Gercsak (Hungary) DNF
Vladimir Dyatchin (Russia) DSQ
2012 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Results
1. Oussama Mellouli of Tunisia - 1:49:55.1
2. Thomas Lurz of Germany - 1:49:58.5
3. Richard Weinberger of Canada - 1:50:00.3
4. Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece - 1:50:05.3
5. Daniel Fogg of Great Britain - 1:50:37.3
6. Sergey Bolshakov of Russia - 1:50:40.1
7. Vladimir Dyatchin of Russia - 1:50:42.8
8. Andreas Waschburger of Germany - 1:50:44.4
9. Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria - 1:50:46.2
10. Alex Meyer of the USA - 1:50:48.2
11. Julien Sauvage of France - 1:50:51.3
12. Troyden Prinsloo of South Africa - 1:50:52.9
13. Erwin Maldonado of Venezuela - 1:50:52.9
14. Igor Chervynskiy of Ukraine - 1:50:56.9
15. Yasunari Hirai of Japan - 1:51:20.1
16. Brian Ryckeman of Belgium - 1:51:27.1
17. Valerio Cleri of Italy - 1:51:29.5
18. Csaba Gercsak of Hungary - 1:51:30.9
19. Arseniy Lavrentyev of Portugal - 1:51:37.2
20. Ky Hurst of Australia - 1:51:41.3
21. Ivan Enderica Ochoa of Ecuador - 1:52:28.6
22. Yuriy Kudinov of Kazakhstan - 1:52:59.0
23. Francisco Jose Hervas of Spain - 1:53:27.8
24. Mazen Aziz Metwaly of Egypt - 1:54:33.2
25. Benjamin Schulte of Guam - 2:03:35.1
External links
- Can Kristóf Rasovszky Equal The LEN Open Water Cup Success of Christian Reichert?
- 2012 Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km Coverage
- 2012 Olympic Marathon Swimming - Male Medal Contenders
- Francisco José Hervás official website
- 2012 London Olympics - The Men of Open Water Swimming
- 34 Countries on 5 Continents in London Olympics
- Francisco Hervas wins First FINA Leg
- Francisco José Hervás Facebook page
- Olympic Marathon Swimming En Español
- 54 Years Of Champions In Navia
- Nothing Like Navia
- Kiko Hervás Is Directing The Clàssica de Peñíscola-Benicarló
- Kiko Hervás Outsprints Albert Parreño At Zoot Swim Games
- Kiko Hervás Favored In Zoot Swim's Palamós Challenge
- Adrián González, Núria Ciuró, Clàudia Dasca Win Palamós
- Open Water Swimming
- The Greatest Olympic Upset In History
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Marathon Swimming
