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Michelle Weber
Michelle Weber (born 28 September 1996) is a 24-year-old competitive swimmer and 2-time Olympic open water swimmer from South Africa.
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Open Water Swimming Career
- She won the inaugural 5 km race at the 2012 FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Welland, Ontario, Canada
- She participated in the 7.5 km junior girls race at the 2014 FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Lake Balaton, Balatonfured, Hungary.
- She won the 2014 Metsi Open Water Swim in South Africa.
- She competed at the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, Spain.
- She won the 2014 Dis-Chem Sun City Swim in South Africa.
- She participated in the 2015 King and Queen of the Sea in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- She won the aQuellé Midmar Mile in February 2016.
- She finished 18th in the 2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
- She won the 5 km open water swim and the 10 km marathon swim at the 2017 Eastern Cape Open Water Swim Championships in South Africa.
- She competed in the 5 km race at the 2017 FINA World Swimming Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary.
- She finished third overall in the aQuellé Midmar Mile on 11 February 2018.
- She won the 5 km and 10 km races at the 2019 South African Open Water Swimming Championships in Jeffreys Bay.
- She finished 4th in the aQuellé Midmar Mile on 9 February 2020.
- She competed in the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in Setúbal Bay, Portugal on 19 June 2021 and qualified for the 2020 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Tokyo.
- She finished 15th in the 10 km in 2:03:12.10 at the age of 24 at the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier in 2021 on website 19the on June 2021
- She finished the Mixed Team relay 22nd at the age of 18th FINA World Championships on 18 July 2019
- She finished 32nd in the 5 km in 59:54.60 at the age of 22 in the 18th FINA World Championships on 17 July 2019.
- She finished 31st in the 10 km in 1:56:25.80 at the age of 22 in the 18th FINA World Championships in South Korea in 14 July 2019.
- She finished 28th in the 10 km in 2:05:04.80 at the age of 22 in the [[FINA/Hosa Marathon Swim World Series 2018 UAE UAE 09/11/2018
- She finished 24th in the 10 km in 2:02:30.80 at the age of 21 in the [[FINA/Hosa Marathon Swim World Series 2018 SEY SEY 20/05/2018
- She finished 12th in the Mixed 5 km relay in 56:05.30 at the age of 20 17th FINA World Championships 2017 HUN HUN 20/07/2017
- She finished 7th in the 5 km in 59:27.50 at the age of 20in the [[17th FINA World Championships 2017 HUN HUN 19/07/2017
- She finished 7th in the 10 km in 1:37:43.11 at the age of 20in the [[FINA/HOSA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2017 POR POR 24/06/2017
- She finished 41st in the 10 km in 1:58:49.70 at the age of 20 in the [[FINA/HOSA 10km Marathon Swimming World Cup 2017 UAE UAE 11/03/2017
- She finished 18th in the 10 km in 1:59:05.00 at the age of 19th in Olympic Games Rio 2016 BRA BRA 15/08/2016
- She finished 6th in the 10 km in 1:55:49.70 at the age of 19 in the [[FINA Marathon Swimming Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2016 POR POR 11/06/2016
- She finished 18th in the Mixed 5 km relay in 1:00:31.20 in the 18 in the 16th FINA World Championships 2015 RUS RUS 30/07/2015
- She finished 19th in the 10 km in 1:59:28.70 at the age of 18 in the 16th [[FINA World Championships 2015 RUS RUS 28/07/2015
- She finished 21st in the 7.5 km in 1:37:25.63 at the age of 17 in the [[World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships 2014 HUN HUN 05/09/2014.
- On 4 August 2021, she finished 21st in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Odaiba Marine Park.
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2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Results
Gold Sharon Van Rouwendaal (Netherlands) 1:56:32.1
Silver Rachele Bruni (Italy) 1:56:49.5
Bronze: Poliana Okimoto (Brazil) 1:56:51.4
4. Xin Xin (China) 1:57:14.4
5. Haley Anderson (United States) 1:57:20.2
6. Isabelle Härle (Germany) 1:57:22.1
7. Keri-Anne Payne (Great Britain) 1:57:23.9
8. Anastasia Krapivina (Russia) 1:57:25.9
9. Samantha Arevalo (Ecuador) 1:57:27.2
10. Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil) 1:57:29.0
11. Kalliopi Araouzou (Greece) 1:57:31.6
12. Yumi Kida (Japan) 1:57:35.2
13. Éva Risztov (Hungary) 1:57:42.8
14. Anna Olasz (Hungary) 1:57:45.5
15. Chelsea Gubecka (Australia) 1:58:12.7
16. Spela Perse (Slovenia) 1:58:59.6
17. Erika Villaecija (Spain) 1:59:04.8
18. Michelle Weber (South Africa) 1:59:05.0
19. Jana Pechanova (Czech Republic) 1:59:07.7
20. Paola Perez (Venezuela) 1:59:07.7
21. Heidi Gan (Malaysia) 1:59:07.9
22. Joanna Zachoszcz (Poland) 1:59:20.4
23. Stephanie Horner (Canada) 1:59:22.1
24. Vânia Neves (Portugal) 2:01:39.3
25. Reem Mohamed Husein Elsayed Kaseem (Egypt) 2:05:19.1
DSQ Aurélie Muller (France)
2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Results
1. Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil, 29) 1:59:30.90
2. Sharon van Rouwendaal (Netherlands, 27) 1:59:31.70
3. Kareena Lee (Australia, 27) 1:59:32.50
4. Anna Olasz (Hungary, 27) 1:59:34.80
5. Leonie Beck (Germany, 24) 1:59:35.10
6. Haley Anderson (USA, 29) 1:59:36.90
7. Ashley Twichell (USA, 32) 1:59:37.90
8. Xin Xin (China, 24) 2:00:10.10
9. Lara Grangeon de Villele (France, 29) 2:00:57.0
10. Finnia Wunram (Germany, 25) 2:01:01.90
11. Samantha Arévalo (Ecuador, 26) 2:01:30.60
12. Cecilia Biagioli (Argentina, 36) 2:01:31.70
13. Yumi Kida (Japan, 36) 2:01:40.90
14. Rachele Bruni (Italy, 30) 2:02:10.20
15. Anastasiia Kirpichnikova (Russian Olympic Committee, 21) 2:03:17.50
16. Paula Ruiz Bravo (Spain, 22) 2:03:17.60
17. Angelica Andre (Portugal, 26) 2:04:40.70
18. Kate Farley Sanderson (Canada, 21) 2:04:59.10
19. Alice Dearing (Great Britain, 24) 2:05:03.20
20. Paola Perez (Venezuela, 30) 2:05:45.00
21. Michelle Weber (South Africa, 24) 2:06:56.50
22. Krystyna Panchishko (Ukraine, 23) 2:07:35.10
23. Li-Shan Chantal Liew (Singapore, 22) 2:08:17.90
24. Spela Perse (Slovenia, 25) 2:08:33.00
25. Souad Nefissa Cherouati (Algeria, 32) 2:17:21.60
2016 Rio Olympic Games Marathon Swim Coverage
- Race Numbers Of The Female Olympic Marathon Finalists
- Women Appear To Start Slowly In 10K
- Copacabana Beach Is Mellow During Olympic 10K
- Bringing It Back Fast In The Olympic 10K
- Olympic 10K Is Swell
- It's Feeding Time On The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Support, Safety Personnel On The Olympic 10K Course
- Sharon Van Rouwendaal Leads Olympic 10K On Last Lap
- Sharon Van Rouwendaal Swim Brilliantly, Wins Olympic 10K
- Aurélie Muller Disqualified On Last Stroke Of Olympic 10K
- The Joy Of Winning The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Scenes From The Women's Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Brazil's Poliana Okimoto Takes Long Road To Bronze
- Capturing The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim On Film
- Crushing Waves, Strong Currents In Copacabana Beach
- Rio Report Mixes Up Guanabara Bay, Copacabana Beach
- Connecting The Dots In The Open Water
- What To Look For At The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Testing Out The Copacabana 10K Course
- Congratulations Rio. Top Moments In The Olympic 10K
- Age Analysis Of Olympic Open Water Swimmers
- Will There Be 45 In Tokyo's Olympic 10K Marathon Swim?
2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Marathon Swim Coverage
- Ana Marcela Cunha Realizes Golden Olympic Dream
- Tokyo 2020: Olympic Marathon Swim Predictions – Michelle Weber (South Africa)
- Women’s Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Finalists For Tokyo
- Canada’s Kate Sanderson Is Heading To The Tokyo Olympic Games
- Spain's Paula Ruiz Bravo Is Heading To The Tokyo Olympic Games
- Hungary's Anna Olasz Is Heading To The Tokyo Olympic Games
External Links
- Swimming in Seychelles at the FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships 2022
- Heat Survey for the Tokyo Olympic Marathon Swimmers
- The Difficulty Of Officiating Open Water Swimming Races
- The Difficulty Of Officiating Open Water Swimming Races
- Olympic Dreams To Be Made In Setúbal Bay – The Women
- Robyn Kinghorn Takes Top Honors At aQuellé Midmar Mile
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- Weber Wins Worlds
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- Danie Marais, Michelle Weber Win 10K Metsi Open Water Swim
- Ashley Twichell Defends aQuellé Midmar Mile Title
- Young Michelle Weber Is Growing Up
- Hungary Seals 1-3 Finish With A Kiss
- Abbott Takes It Out, Wins 5K at Junior World Championships
- Siyu Yan Wins 5K At FINA World Junior Championships
- The Juniors Are Hungary To Race, Anton Evsikov Wins 7.5K
- 2014 FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships
- Relay Results At The 2015 aQuellé Midmar Mile
- aQuellé Midmar Mile
- World Open Water Swimming Series
- Sun City Swimming
- Michele Weber At The King And Queen Of The Sea
- Christine Jennings And Chip Peterson Take Grid Race
- What Women Will Qualify For The 2016 Rio Olympics?
- Aurélie Muller Wins World Championships, Heading To Rio
- Michelle Weber, Nico Manoussakis Win 5K Eastern Cape
- Ashley Twichell Will Be The Center Of Action
- Toweling Off At aQuellé Midmar Mile
- Olympic Champion Joins Tens Of Thousands
- Ashley Twichell Wins aQuellé Midmar Mile
- Terence Parkin Smiles His Way Across Midmar
- Kelvin Steyn And Gary Albertyn Reach Midmar Milestones
- Matthew Meyer Makes Money At Midmar
- Looking Back At The Women's 5 km Surprises At Worlds
- Muller And Arévalo On High After Women's 10K
- Who's Who Of South Africa Gather In Midmar
- Michelle Weber Goes 2 4 2 In 5 And 10K
- Michelle Weber FINA bio
