Damian Blaum

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Damián Blaum, inductee (Honor Swimmer) of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2020
Damián Blaum, nominee for the 2021 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year
Damián Blaum after winning the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe - Coronda in 2017
Damián Blaum crossing Río de la Plata in Argentina in February 2018
Damián Blaum at the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe - Coronda
Damián Blaum, Olympic Argentinian open water swimmer
Damián Blaum, Capri - Naples 2010

Damián Blaum (born 11 June 1981 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a 40-year-old Olympic open water swimmer and professional marathon swimmer from Argentina. Blaum swam for Argentina at the 2008 Olympics where he finished 24th in the Men's 10 km marathon swimming event. He won the 2013 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix professional circuit and was nominated as the 2013 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year. He is married to fellow professional marathon swimmer Esther Nuñez Morera who is also an Honour Swimmer inducted in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, Class of 2020.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

2019 FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series Top 6 Rankings

1. Evgenij Pop Acev (North Macedonia) 356 points
2. Edoardo Stochino (Italy) 348 points
3. Francesco Ghettini (Italy) 312 points
4. Damián Blaum (Argentina) 303 points
5. Matias Diaz Hernandez (Argentina) 285 points
6. Aquiles Balaudo (Argentina) 253 points

FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix

Blaum has been the runner-up in the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix professional circuit four times (2007, 2009, 2010, and 2012) and won the overall title in 2013. His victory in 2013 led to a nomination for the 2013 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year.

2013 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix Rankings

1. Damián Blaum (ARG) 62 points in 8 races
2. Evgenij Pop Acev (MKD) 61 points in 8 races
3. Simone Ercoli (ITA) 53 points

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

Videos

2017 Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe - Coronda

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

Damián Blaum Crossing Río de la Plata


On 17 February 2018, Damián Blaum completed his second crossing attempt of the 42 km across Río de la Plata between Colonia Del Sacramento in Uruguay and Punta Lara in Argentina, finishing in 9 hours 6 minutes.

2021 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nomination

He was nominated for the 2021 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Award by the World Open Water Swimming Association. The winners and nominees include:

Winner: Paul Georgescu (Romania)
First Runner-up: Neil Agius (Malta)
Second Runner-up: Joel Matos Ortiz (Puerto Rico)
4. Josef Köberl (Austria)
5. Dr. Jaiprakash Duble (India)
6. Pablo Fernández Álvarez (Spain)
7. Stève “Seal” Stievenart (France)
8. Simon Griffiths (Great Britain)
9. Bogusław Ogrodnik (Poland)
10. Joseph Zemaitis (USA)
11. Damián Blaum (Argentina)
12. Florian Wellbrock (Germany)
13. Stéphane Lecat (France)
14. Kristóf Rasovszky (Hungary)
15. Andre Slade (Australia)

External Sites

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