Guillermo Bertola

Guillermo Bértola is a nominee for the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year, part of the WOWSA Awards, an annual recognition of outstanding men, women, performances and offerings around the globe sponsored by the World Open Water Swimming Association

Guillermo Vittorio Bertola

Guillermo Bértola 14th FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China

Guillermo Bértola (born 26 December 1989) is a professional marathon swimmer from Cordoba, Argentina.

Open Water Swimming Career

He participated in the 2011 FINA World Championships in Shanghai, China
He competed in the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain
He competed on the 2012 FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit
He competed in the 2012 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix pro circuit where he placed sixth overall
He competed in the 2014 South American Games in Santiago, Chile.
He won the 2013 beach biathlon at the King and Queen of the Sea (Desafio Rei e Rainha do Mar) on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
He competed in the 2016 Olympic 10km Marathon Swimming Qualification Race in Setubal, Portugal
He competed in the 10 km race and the mixed 5 km team pursuit at the 2017 FINA World Swimming Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary.
He competed in the 25 km marathon swim at the 2017 FINA World Swimming Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary
On 16 February 2008, he completed in the 15 km Las Patagones-Viedma race on the Rio Negro, Argentina.
On 1 February 2009, he completed the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe - Coronda in Argentina in 9 hours 4 minutes 19 seconds.
On 14 February 2009, he competed in the 15 km Las Patagones-Viedma marathon swim in Argentina.
On 7 February 2009, he competed in the 15 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Ciudad de Rosario in Argentina.
On 21 June 2009, he competed in the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy, finishing in 7 hours 26 minutes 43 seconds.
On 24 January 2010, he competed in the 15 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Ciudad de Rosario in Argentina.
On 31 January 2010, he completed the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe - Coronda in Argentina in 7 hours 1 minute 44 seconds.
On 7 February 2010, he completed the 88 km Maratón Internacional Hernandarias – Parana in Argentina in 8 hours 39 minutes 17 seconds.
On 17 April 2010, he competed in the 15 km Sumidero Canyon Swimming Marathon in Mexico in 3 hours 23 minutes 35 seconds.
In 2010, he competed in the 19 km Jarak-Sabac Marathon Swim in Serbia and finished in 2 hours 45 minutes 10 seconds.
On 23 January 2011, he competed in the 15 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Ciudad de Rosario, finishing in 2 hours 3 minutes 29 seconds.
On 30 January 2011, he finished the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe - Coronda in Argentina in 8 hours 15 minutes 4 seconds.
On 13 February 2011, he finished the 88 km Maratón Internacional Hernandarias – Parana swim in Argentina in 9 hours 11 minutes 35 seconds.
On 5 February 2011, he completed the 12 km Las Patagones-Viedma in Argentina in 2 hours 48 minutes 7 seconds.
On 16 July 2011, he competed in the FINA World Championships 25 km marathon swim in Shanghai, China, finishing in 5 hours 14 minutes 29 seconds.
In July 2011, he competed in the FINA World Championships 10 km marathon swim in Shanghai, China, finishing in 1 hour 54 minutes 54 seconds.
In 2011, he completed the 19 km Jarak-Sabac Marathon Swim in Serbia in 2 hours 43 minutes 59 seconds.
On 22 January 2012, he completed the 15 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Ciudad de Rosario in Argentina in 2 hours 24 minutes 23 seconds.
On 29 January 2012, he completed in the 10 km FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Santos, Brazil, finishing in 2 hours 12 minutes.
On 4 February 2012, he completed the 10 km FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Viedma, Argentina in 1 hour 55 minutes 52 seconds.
On 17 June 2012, he competed in the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy, finishing in 7 hours 31 minutes 43 seconds.
On 11 August 2012, he competed in the 30 km Ohrid Swim Marathon in Macedonia, finishing in 5 hours 24 minutes 20 seconds.
In 2012, he competed in the 19 km Jarak-Sabac Marathon Swim in Serbia, finishing in 2 hours 52 minutes 7 seconds.
On 27 January 2013, he competed in the 15 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Ciudad de Rosario in Argentina, finishing in 1 hour 51 minutes 8 seconds.
On 10 February 2013, he completed the 88 km Maratón Internacional Hernandarias – Parana in Argentina in 9 hours 42 minute 53 seconds.
On 3 February 2013, he completed the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe - Coronda in Argentina in 8 hours 39 minutes 17 seconds.
On 20 April 2013, he completed in the 15 km FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix race in Cozumel, Mexico, finishing in 3 hours 4 minutes 36 seconds.
On 10 July 2013, he completed the 10 km FINA World Championship race in Barcelona, Spain in 1 hour 49 minutes 28 seconds.
In July 2013, he competed in the 25 km [[FINA World Championship] race in Barcelona, Spain, finishing in 4 hours 47 minutes 44 seconds.
On 24 August 2013, he competed in the 30 km Ohrid Swim Marathon in Macedonia, finishing in 5 hours 15 minutes 20 seconds.
On 1 September 2013, he completed in the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli, part of the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix race in Italy, finishing in 6 hours 18 minutes 50 seconds.
On 1 February 2014, he completed the 10 km FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Viedma, Argentina in 1 hour 51 minutes 45 seconds.
On 1 August 2014, he competed in the 10 km [[FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup] race in Lac Memphremagog, Canada, finishing in 1 hour 55 minutes 16 seconds.
On 9 August 2014, he competed in the 10 km FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Lac Megantic, Canada, finishing in 2 hours 23 minutes 7 seconds.
On 7 February 2015, he competed in the 10 km FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Patagones, Argentina, finishing in 1 hour 56 minutes 11 seconds.
On 2 May 2015, he competed in the 10 km FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Cozumel, Mexico, finishing in 1 hour 42 minutes 37 seconds.
On 24 July 2015, he completed the 10 km FINA World Championships race in Kazan, Russia in 1 hour 51 minutes minute 33 seconds.
On 22 October 2015, he completed the 10 km FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Chun-An, China in 1 hour 53 minutes 17 seconds.
On 17 October 2015, he completed in the 10 km FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup race in Hong Kong, finishing in 1 hour 56 minutes 13 seconds.
On 7 February 2016, he completed the 10 km FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Patagones, Argentina, finishing in 1 hour 56 minutes 29 seconds.
On 4 February 2017, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Patagones, Argentina.
On 11 March 2017, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
In July 2017, he competed in the FINA World Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary, finishing 20th in the 25 km race.
In July 2017, he competed in the FINA World Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary, finishing 22nd in the 10 km race.
In July 2017, he competed in the FINA World Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary, finishing 13th in the 5 km mixed team race.
On 29 July 2017, he won the 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Quebec, Canada, setting a course record in 6 hours 19 minutes 23.1 seconds. It was the first time the race was conducted in wetsuits due to the new FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix rules.
On 19 August 2017, he finished third in the 33 km FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix race in Ohrid Lake, Macedonia (Ohrid Lake Swimming Marathon), finishing in 5 hours 15 minutes 16 seconds.
He finished third in the 16 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit on 3 September 2017, finishing in 3 hours 54 minutes 2 seconds.
He won the overall season title of the 2017 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix professional marathon swimming circuit, tied with Evgenij Pop Acev.
He finished 13th overall in the 2017 FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup professional marathon swimming circuit.
On 25 November 2017, he will participate in the qualification race for the 2017 Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe - Coronda in Argentina.
Beginning in 2014, he organized the Copa Challenger Guillermo Bertola, a series of open water swimming races in Los Molinos, Argentina.
On 9 December 2017, he won the Beach Biathlon (1 km ocean swim + 2.5 km beach run) for the 5th consecutive year at the Rei e Rainha do Mar (King and Queen of the Sea) in Copacabana Beach, Brazil. He also won the 2.5 km Classic ocean swim an hour later.
He finished 5th in the 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Lac St-Jean, Quebec, Canada in 7:19:21.30 on 28 July 2018.
He finished 2nd in the 15 km Maraton Acuática Ciudad de Rosario in Argentina on 9 February 2019, second stop on the FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series in Rosario, Argentina.
He finished 2nd in the XVIII Pan American Games 10 km race on 4 August 2019 in Laguna Bujama in Lima, Peru.

2017 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year nominees

Bertola was nominated for the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year by the World Open Water Swimming Association:

1. Evgenij Pop Acev (Macedonia)
2. Antonio Argüelles (Mexico)
3. John Batchelder (USA)
4. Guillermo Bertola (Argentina)
5. Avram Iancu (Romania)
6. Stéphane Lecat (France)
7. Dr. Lucky Meisenheimer (USA)
8. Lynton Mortensen (Australia)
9. Simone Ruffini (Italy)
10. Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria)
11. Sayed Ihsan Taheri (Afghanistan)
12. Ferry Weertman (Netherlands)
13. Philip Yorke (Great Britain)

2017 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nomination

Guillermo Bertola looks like an athlete with a hardened body and steely gaze. While he has been competing on the professional marathon swimming circuits for years, he has never risen to the top…until this year. The 27-year-old puts his mind in the right spot and aggressively attacks his training and professional marathon races around the world. This year, he won the overall title for the first time in his career, tying with Evgenij Pop Acev in the closest battle in FINA history. He won the 32 km Traversée international du lac St-Jean in Canada and finished 3rd in the 16 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli in Italy and the 33 km Ohrid Lake Swimming Marathon in Macedonia. He also competed in the FINA 10K World Cup circuit from Argentina to the UAE and competed in the 5 km team, 10 km and 25 km races at the 2017 FINA World Championships. For representing his country extraordinarily well as a personable, seriously-minded ambassador on the international swimming scene, for training hard and serving as an inspiration among young Argentine swimmers, and for winning his first career title on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit, Guillermo Bertola is a worthy nominee for the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year.

2012 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix Rankings

1. Trent Grimsey (AUS) 95 points in 5 races
2. Damián Blaum (ARG) 71 points in 7 races
3. Andrea Volpini (ITA) 45 points in 7 races
4. Evgenij Pop Acev (MKD) 45 points in 6 races
5. Edoardo Stochino (ITA) 37 points in 5 races
6. Guillermo Bertola (ARG) 27 points in 4 races
7. Anton Pilipas (RUS) 14 points in 4 races

Education

Instituto Jovenes Argentinos

Videos

Bértola after winning the 3.5 km Beach Biathlon and 2.5 km Classic Ocean Swim at the Rei e Rainha do Mar on 9 December 2017

Guillermo Bértola talking about victory at the 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean together with Xavier Desharnais

Jarak-Šabac Marathon Swim

Bertola won the 2011 Jarak-Šabac Marathon Swim in Serbia, a professional 19 km marathon swimming competition held in the Sava River in Šabac, Serbia. Its overall winners include the following athletes:

1970 Milorad Rajšić, Yugoslavia
1971 Ate Sikes Franc, Netherlands
1972 Milorad Rajšić, Yugoslavia
1973 Milorad Rajšić, Yugoslavia
1974 Milorad Rajšić, Yugoslavia
1975 Milorad Rajšić, Yugoslavia
1976 Milorad Rajšić, Yugoslavia
1977 Milorad Rajšić, Yugoslavia
1978 Vojislav Mijić, Yugoslavia
1979 Milorad Rajšić, Yugoslavia
1980 Milorad Rajšić, Yugoslavia
1981 Marino Šoljan, Yugoslavia
1982 Marino Šoljan, Yugoslavia
1983 Bojan Jan, Yugoslavia
1984 Mohamed Aly Jassen, Egypt
1985 Zolt Horvat, Hungary
1986 Dariusz Tasarek, Poland
1987 Mihalj Novkovic, Yugoslavia
1988 Premislav Abramovicz, Poland
1989 Nace Majcen, Yugoslavia
1990 Nace Majcen, Yugoslavia
1991 Vojislav Mijić, Yugoslavia
1992 Milorad Rajšić, Yugoslavia
1993 Vojislav Mijić, Yugoslavia
1994 Vojislav Mijić, Yugoslavia
1995 Zoltan Pavić, Yugoslavia
1996 Tomi Stefanovski, Makedonia
1997 Nace Majcen, Slovenia
1998 Miodrag Vasić, Yugoslavia
1999 Tomi Stefanovski, Makedonia
2000 Miodrag Vasić, Yugoslavia
2001 Miodrag Vasić, Yugoslavia
2002 Nace Majcen, Slovenia
2003 Evgenij Bezručenko, Russia
2004 Gabrijel Chaillou, Argentina
2005 Petar Stoychev, Bulgaria
2006 Anton Sanachev, Russia
2007 Petar Stoychev, Bulgaria
2008 Brendan Capell, Australia
2009 Rok Kerin, Slovenia
2010 Rok Kerin, Slovenia
2011 Guillermo Bertola, Argentina
2012 Ivan Afanevich, Russia
2013 Marin Milan, Croatia
2014 Brian Ryckeman, Belgium

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