Zu Lijun

Zu Lijun, winning the won the 2016 Olympic 10km Marathon Swimming Qualification Race in Setubal, Portugal to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games

Zu Lijun is a 26-year-old professional marathon swimmer and Olympian from China.

Open Water Swimming Career

• he finished fourth in the 2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro
• he competed in the 2012 FINA Olympic 10 km Marathon Swimming Qualification Race in Setubal, Portugal
• he won the 2016 Olympic 10km Marathon Swimming Qualification Race in Setubal, Portugal to qualify for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games
• he was the gold medal winner in the men's 10 km marathon swim at the Asian Beach Games in 2010
• he competed in the FINA 10KM Marathon Swimming World Cup where he was ranked 18th
• he competed in the 2015 FINA World Swimming Championships in Kazan, Russia.
• he competed in the 10 km marathon swim at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary.
• he competes on the 2018 FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series pro circuit and finished 61st on the Doha, Qatar leg on 17 March 2018.

2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Results

1. Ferry Weertman, NED 1:52:59.8
2. Spyridon Gianniotis, GRE 1:52:59.8
3. Marc-Antoine Daniel Frede Olivier, FRA 1:53:02.0
4. Lijun Zu, CHN 1:53:02.0
5. Jordan Wilimovsky, USA 1:53:03.2
6. Simone Ruffini, ITA 1:53:03.5
7. Federico Vanelli, ITA 1:53:03.9
8. Yasunari Hirai, JPN 1:53:04.6
9. Christian Reichert, GER 1:53:04.7
10. Chad Ho, RSA 1:53:04.8
11. Evgenii Drattcev, RUS 1:53:04.8
12. Ous Mellouli, TUN 1:53:06.1
13. Mark Papp, HUN 1:53:11.7
14. Ventsislav Aydaski, BUL 1:53:16.1
15. Ivan Enderica Ochoa, ECU 1:53:16.2
16. Richard Weinberger, CAN 1:53:16.4
17. Allan Do Carmo, BRA 1:53:16.4
18. Kane Rae Francis Radford, NZL 1:53:18.7
19. Richard Nagy, SVK 1:53:35.4
20. Jarrod Poort, AUS 1:53:40.7
21. Erwin Maldonado, VEN 1:54:33.6
22. Marwan Ahmed Aly Morsy Elamrawy, EGY 1:59:17.2
DSQ Sean Ryan, USA
DSQ Vitaliy Khudyakov, KAZ (Asia)
DSQ Jack Burnell, GBR

External links

• Dutch Treat, Ferry Weertman Wins Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
• No Thank You, We Are On A Chase
• Ferry Weertman In Lead Now
• Aussie, Aussie, Aussie, Oi! Oi! Oi! Chase Is On
• Is Poort Pulling A Bircher?
• Expect The Unexpected In The Men's Olympic 10K
• 24 Men Chasing Jarrod Poort
• Jarrod Poort Takes Off On A Risky Strategy In 10K
• What Men Will Qualify For The 2016 Rio Olympics?
• 2016 Men's Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Finalists
• Zu Wins, China Sweeps Olympic 10K Marathon Quals
• The Men Are Pushing The Pace In Olympic Qualifications
• Swim-offs In The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
• Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Qualification
• 2011 FINA 10K World Cup
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Open Water Swimming
• Olympic 10K Marathon Swim round-up
• Marathon Swimming
• Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
• Daily News of Open Water Swimming
• I Got Stung
• World Marathon Swimming Association
• FINA Should Listen To Jack Burnell And His Competitors
• He Said, He Said. Different Views Of Olympic 10K Marathon
• Age Analysis Of Olympic Open Water Swimmers
• Wetsuits vs. No Wetsuits - Strange But True In Open Water