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Mazen Aziz
Mazen Mohamed Aziz (Mazen Metwaly, born 14 March 1990 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) is a world-class marathon swimmer from Egypt who is currently training at Southern Illinois University under Coach Rick Walker. He has won a FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix event and qualified for the Olympic 10km Marathon Swim at the 2012 London Olympics. He has logged over 850 hours as a airline pilot.
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Open Water Swimming Highlights[edit]
- Between 1995 and 2006, he won multiple age group and national swimming competitions in Egypt.
- Between 2006 and 2014, he competed for Southern Illinois University and obtained a Masters Degree in Architecture.
- On 26 January 2007, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Santos, Brazil finishing in 2 hours 7 minutes 58 seconds.
- On 7 April 2007, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Ajman, UAE finishing in 2 hours 4 minutes 20 seconds.
- On 26 May 2007, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Setubal Bay, Portugal finishing in 2 hours 31 minutes 27 seconds.
- On 9 June 2007, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Sevilla, Spain finishing in 2 hours 1 minute 6 seconds.
- On 17 June 2007, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in London finishing in 1 hour 58 minute 6 seconds.
- On 26 July 2007, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Lac St-Jean, Canada finishing in 2 hours 2 minutes 32 seconds.
- On 23 September 2007, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Shantou, China finishing in 1 hour 44 minutes 7 seconds.
- On 30 September 2007, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Hong Kong finishing in 1 hour 44 minutes 37 seconds.
- On 7 October 2007, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Singapore in 1 hour 57 minutes 47 seconds.
- On 20 October 2007, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Cancun, Mexico in 2 hours 33 seconds.
- On 15 March 2008, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Dubai, UAE in 1 hour 49 minutes 6 seconds.
- On 8 May 2008, he competed in the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships 25 km in Sevilla, Spain in 5 hours 5 minutes minutes 8 seconds finishing 7th.
- On 4 May 2008, he competed in the FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships 10 km race in Sevilla, Spain in 1 hour 54 minutes 57 seconds finishing 27th.
- On 28 June 2008, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Setubal Bay, Portugal in 1 hour 55 minutes 12 seconds.
- On 24 July 2008, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Lac St-Jean, Canada in 2 hours 4 minutes 15 seconds.
- On 2 August 2008, he competed in the 34 km Traversee internationale du lac Memphremagog in Lac Memphremagog, Canada in 7 hours 28 minutes 10 seconds.
- On 21 September 2008, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Shantou, China in 2 hours 7 minutes 3 seconds.
- On 28 September 2008, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Hong Kong in 1 hour 46 minutes 22 seconds.
- On 4 October 2008, he finished third in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Singapore finishing in 2 hours 9 minutes 21.08 seconds.
- On 27 June 2009, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Setubal Bay, Portugal in 1 hour 35 minutes 35 seconds.
- He finished 35th in the 2009 FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup circuit.
- On 20 June 2011, he competed in the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Setubal Bay, Portugal in 1 hour 45 minutes 36 seconds finishing 18th.
- On 20 July 2011, he competed in the FINA World Swimming Championships 10 km race in Shanghai, China finishing 48th in 2 hours 3 minutes 52 seconds.
- On 21 July 2011, he competed in the FINA World Swimming Championships 5 km race in Shanghai, China finishing 14th.
- On 24 April 2012, he competed in the FINA World Swimming Championships in Cancun, Mexico in 2 hours 3 minutes 51 seconds.
- In June 2012, he competed in the 2012 FINA Olympic 10km Marathon Swimming Qualifier in Setubal Bay, Portugal, qualifying for the 2012 London Olympic Games in 1 hour 49 minutes 38.2 seconds.
- In July 2012, he finished 24th in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the London Olympic Games.
- In September 2017, he competed in the Waikiki Roughwater Swim on Oahu.
- In August 2017, he captained the TOC - Nine Inch Males team to a fourth-place finish at the Trans Tahoe Relay.
- He was on the winning 2018 Trans Tahoe Relay team, the Sunnyside Sinners that was awarded the 1976 Cup together with captain Chad La Tourette, Allison Arnold, Catherine Breed, Drew Cosgarea, and Bryan Offutt.
- He participated in the TOC Kaiwi Channel Relay race on 28 August 2019 across the 42 km Molokai Channel between the Hawaiian islands of Molokai and Oahu.
2012 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Results[edit]
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
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External links[edit]
- Mazen Aziz website
- 2012 Olympic Marathon Swimming 10km Coverage
- 2012 Olympic Marathon Swimming - Male Medal Contenders
- Mazen Aziz at Southern Illinois
- Southern Illinois University bio
- Mazen Aziz's Swimming Career
- Open Water Swimming
- 2012 London Olympics - The Men of Open Water Swimming
- SIU Olympian
- 34 Countries on 5 Continents in London Olympics
- Rebuilding Egypt With Dreams Of Past Glory
- Mohamed Marouf Energizing Egypt
- 2013 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Nominees
- Waikiki Roughwater Swim Is Stacked With Studs
- Waikiki Roughwater Swim
- World Open Water Series
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- Rhys Wins His Fourth Waikiki Roughwater Swim
- 2016 CSCAA National Collegiate Open Water Swimming Championships
- The Internationalization Of Open Water Swimming
- Mohamed Marouf, Energizing Egypt From Top To Bottom
- Rebuilding Egypt With Dreams Of Past Glory
- [Double Dipping In The Pool And Open Water]
- Mazen Aziz At Southern Illinois University
- First Couple Of Open Water Swimming
- FINA Final 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup
- Where Are They Now? Mazen Aziz
- The Doctor Is In
- Ahmed Rashad Sallam's Love Of The Open Water
- Swimming To Keep Tahoe Blue
- 2018 Trans Tahoe Relay Awards At The Olympic Club
- Say It Ain't So, Rick Walker
