Jack Burnell

Jack Burnell, 2016 Olympic marathon swimmer from Loughborough, Great Britain

Medalists Spyridon Gianniotis of Greece (left), Jack Burnell of Great Britain (middle), and Simone Ruffini of Italy (right) after the 2015 FINA/HOSA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup race held in Balatonfüred, Hungary

Jack Burnell is a 23-year-old professional marathon swimmer from Loughborough, Great Britain.

Open Water Swimming Career

He qualified for the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games by finishing 5th at the 10 km marathon swim at the 2015 FINA World Championships
He competes on the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup pro circuit
He finished 15th in the 10 km race at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain on 22 July
He won the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Cozumel, Mexico in May 2015
He won the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Balatonfüred, Hungary in June 2015
He finished second at the 2016 Australia Open Water Championships
He won the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 11 March 2017
He competed in the 10 km race - 4th - and the mixed 5 km team pursuit at the 2017 FINA World Swimming Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary.
He finished second in the FINA/HOSA Marathon Swim World Series race on Beau Vallon Beach, Mahé, Seychelles on 20 May 2018.
He won the FINA 10K Marathon Swimming World Cup in Qiandao Lake, Chun'an, China on 16 September 2018 in 1 hour 56 minutes 34.8 seconds.
On 31 March 2019, he finished 5th at the LEN Open Water Cup 10 km race in Eilat, Israel.

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