Ricardo Valdivia
Ricardo Valdivia is a 60-year-old American pool and open water swimmer, coach, and a member of the Florida Gold Coast Masters.
Open Water Swimming Career
- He finished 2nd in the 12-mile Swim Around Charleston in South Carolina on 24 September 2023.
- He won the 2013 Pan American Masters Championship 3 km race in Sarasota, Florida.
- He was the overall champion in the U.S. Masters Swimming 5K Open Water National Championships at Miromar Lakes, Florida.
- He won the 2014 Speedo One Hour Postal National Championship in the 45-49 year age group.
- He won the inaugural 7-mile Swim Around Lido Key in Sarasota, Florida in 2014.
- On 27 April 2019, he won the 11.2 km Swim Around Lido Key in western Florida in 2:34:39.
- He finished 2nd in the 2025 OCEANMAN Miami event that was held in November 2025 in the 10 km marathon swim at the age of 60.
2025 10 km Top 25 Overall Results
1. Maximiliano Paccot, 2:11:47
2. Ricardo Valdivia, 2:18:43
3. Igor Piovesan, 2:31:44
4. Connor Signorin, 2:35:59
5. Chloe Teger, 2:36:43
6. Patrick Reyes, 2:37:11
7. Vesna Shelnutt, 2:37:16
8. Brooke Bennett, 2:37:23
9. Miguel Angel Marin, 2:39:53
10. Dannon Weisner, 2:40:00
11. Jackson Gilliland, 2:40:12
12. Sandra, 2:40:20
13. Juan Gonzalez, 2:40:55
14. Ildiko Szekely, 2:42:00
15. Robert Montgomery, 2:42:14
16. Adrian Zeh, 2:44:49
17. Macarena Martin Mayor, 2:49:30
18. Stephanie Gibson, 2:50:28
19. Tom Lockhart, 2:50:52
20. Ryan Ericson, 2:51:12
21. Cristian Andres Rivera, 2:51:23
22. Brian Slinger, 2:51:50
23. Christina Hitchcock, 2:52:40
24. Juan Esteban Calle, 2:54:05
25. Patricia Kohlmann, 2:55:10
External links
- OCEANMAN Miami Kicks Off Spectacularly
- OCEANMAN USA
- Youth Overcomes Experience - Nicholas Arakelian Wins Swim Around Charleston
- Ricardo Valdivia Wins Age-Group Hour Championship
- Ricardo Valvida US Masters bio
- In The Swim Of Things
- Swimming And Keeping Life In Ballance
- 2013 Pan American Masters Championship
- Pan American Masters Off The Coast Of Sarasota
- Racing Ricardo Is Rough
- The Tides Were In Our Favor
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- Youthful Trends In Swim Miami
- Pompano POWER To The People