Anne Chagnaud
Anne Chagnaud was a French pool and open water swimmer who was inducted as an Honor Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame in 1998.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- She is currently involved in sports education in France.
- On 24 July 1988, she placed 4th in the 13 km Traversée Internationale du lac Léman, a FINA World Cup Long Distance Swimming Championship event from Lausanne, Switzerland to Évian-les-Bains at the age of 17 in 3:52:27.
- On 28 August 1993, she won the 25 km European Open Water Swimming Championships at the age of 22 in 5:47:55.
- On 29 January 1994, she placed 6th overall and was the first woman in the 26 km Tapes Marathon, an International Marathon Swimming Association event in the Tapes Lagoon (unknown course) at the age of 22 in 6:08:21.
- On 6 February 1994, she finished 7th overall and was the first woman in the 56.7 km Maratón Acuatíco Río Coronda, an International Marathon Swimming Association race from Santa Fe to Coronda, Argentina at the age of 22 in 7:50:16.
- On 12 February 1994, she placed 6th overall and was the first woman in the 88 km Maratón Hernandarias-Paraná, an International Marathon Swimming Association race from Hernandarias to Paraná at the age of 22 in 9:21:36, a female course record at the time.
- On 18 June 1994, she placed 3rd in the 36 km Riviera Marathon, a FINA World Cup Long Distance Swimming Championship event from Spotorno to Laigueglia, Italy at the age of 22 in 7:28:29.
- On 7 August 1994, she finished 4th overall and was the first woman in the 36.6 km Atlantic City Around the Island Swim, an International Marathon Swimming Association race around Absecon Island in New Jersey, USA at the age of 23 in 9:01:53.
- On 8 September 1994, she finished 4th in the 25 km World Aquatics Championships held in Rome, Italy at the age of 23 in 6:00:09.12.
- On 28 January 1995, she finished 3rd in the 26 km Tapes Marathon, an International Marathon Swimming Association event held in the Tapes Lagoon in Brazil at the age of 23 in 6:13:45 where she was tested by FINA.
- On 5 February 1995, she finished 4th in the 56.7 km Maratón Acuatíco Río Coronda, an International Marathon Swimming Association race from Santa Fe to Coronda, Argentina at at the age of 23 in 8:09:36.
- On 12 February 1995, she finished 4th in the 88 km Maratón Hernandarias-Paraná, an International Marathon Swimming Association race from Hernandarias to Paraná, Argentina at the age of 23 in 8:54:15, a female course record that held until 2011.
- In July 1995, she was banned by FINA for two years after testing positive for Etilephrine, a banned substance, at the 1995 Tapes Marathon in Brazil. This ban was overturned in 1996 by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
- On 2 February 1997, she finished 13th overall and was the 2nd woman in the 56.7 km Maratón Acuatíco Río Coronda, an International Marathon Swimming Association from Santa Fe to Coronda, Argentina at the age of 25 in 8:50:33.
- On 23 August 1997, she finished 7th in the 30 km Ohrid Marathon Swim, an International Marathon Swimming Association race from Sveti Naum to Ohrid Harbor at the age of 26 in 5:53:14.
- She finished 2nd in the 40 km San Felice Circeo in Italy.
- She won the 1997 International Marathon Swimming Association professional circuit title with 54 points.
- On 8 February 1998, she finished 16th in the 56.7 km Maratón Acuatíco Río Coronda, a FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup race from Santa Fe to Coronda at the age of 26 in 8:28:54.
- On 15 February 1998, she finished 12th in the 88 km Maratón Hernandarias-Paraná, a FINA Marathon Swimming World Cup race from Hernandarias to Paraná at the age of 26 in 9:03:44.
- on 1 January 1998, she finished 10th in the 5 km race at the 8th FINA World Championships in Australia in 1:01:14.70 at the age of 26.
1994 FINA World Championships 25 km Race Results
1. Melissa Cunningham, Australia 5 hours 48 minutes
2. Rita Kovacs, Hungary 5 hours 50 minutes
3. Shelley Taylor-Smith, Australia 5 hours 53 minutes
4. Anne Chagnaud, France 6 hours 0 minutes
5. Bambi Bowman, USA 6 hours 5 minutes
6. Luciana Sagae, Brazil 6 hours 8 minutes
7. Peggy Büchse, Germany 6 hours 11 minutes
8. Samantha Chabotar, USA 6 hours 15 minutes
9. Angela Collett, Australia 6 hours 19 minutes
10. Monica Olmi, Italy 6 hours 20 minutes
11. Annie Grandisson, Canada 6 hours 22 minutes
12. Eva Berlanovits, Hungary 6 hours 23 minutes
13. Francesca Audano, Italy 6 hours 24 minutes
14. Kim Dyke, Canada 6 hours 25 minutes
15. Pamela Kalas, Switzerland 6 hours 28 minutes
16. Katarina Hornakova, Slovakia 6 hours 33 minutes
17. Yvetta Hlaváčová, Czech Republic 6 hours 34 minutes
18. Edith van Dijk, Netherlands 6 hours 34 minutes
19. Annette Andermatt, Switzerland 6 hours 38 minutes
20. Wandy Kater, Netherlands 6 hours 40 minutes
21. Natasha Figge, South Africa 6 hours 48 minutes
22. Brittney Wockner, Australia 6 hours 50 minutes
23. Zuzana Martinovičová, Slovakia 6 hours 50 minutes
24. Teodora Raptis, Northern Macedonia 6 hours 51 minutes
25. Sara Ward, Great Britain 6 hours 52 minutes
