Spela Perse

Špela Perše, an Olympic 10K Marathon Swim finalist at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games on 4 August 2021

Špela Perše (born 4 August 1996) is a 25-year-old 2-time Olympian from Slovenia and a pool and open water swimmer.

Open Water Swimming Career

• On 27 June 2022, Perse finished 23rd in the 5 km FINA World Championships in Lake Lupa, Hungary at the age of 25.
• Perse finished 10th in the 7.5 km race at the 2014 FINA World Junior Open Water Swimming Championships in Lake Balaton, Balatonfured, Hungary
• Perse finished 3rd in the 5 km solo swim at the 1st Mediterranean Beach Games in Pescara, Italy on 28 August 2015
• Perse finished 16th at the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
• Perse finished 3rd in the 10 km marathon swim leg at the 2017 LEN European Open Water Swimming Cup in Eilat, Israel on 26 March 2017
• Perse competed in the 5 km and 10 km races at the 2017 FINA World Swimming Championships in Lake Balaton, Hungary.
• On 7 August 2018, she finished 15th in the 5 km LEN European Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.
• She finished 16th in the 2016 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro
• 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 Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games on 4 August 2021.
• She finished 11th in the 10 km in 2:02:57.70 at the age of 24 in the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier in Portugal on 19 June 2021.
• She finished 24th in the 10 km in 2:01:54.40 at the age of 24 in the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in Qatar on 13 March 2021.
• She finished 34th in the 10 km in 2:02:31.50 at the age of 23 in the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in Qatar on 15 February 2020.
• She finished 16th in the 5 km in 58:12.10 at the age of 22 in the 18th FINA World Championships in South Korea on 17 July 2019.
• She finished 27th in the 10 km in 1:55:44.40 at the age of 22 in the 18th FINA World Championships in South Korea on 14 July 2019.
• She finished 17th in the 10 km in 2:00:45.60 at the age of 22 in the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in Hungary on 15 June 2019.
• She finished 19th in the 10 km in 2:02:21.90 at the age of 22 in the European Championships in the UK on 9 August 2018.
• She finished 15th in the 5 km in 58:24.40 at the age of 22 in the European Championships in the UK on 8 August 2018.
• She finished 18th in the 5 km in 1:01:12.30 at the age of 20 in the 17th FINA World Championships in Hungary on 19 July 2017.
• She finished 24th in the 10 km in 2:04:12.70 at the age of 20 in the 17th FINA World Championships in Hungary on 16 July 2017.
• She finished 25th in the 10 km in 1:42:50.97 at the age of 20 in the FINA/HOSA 10 km Marathon Swimming World Cup in Portugal on 24 June 2017.
• On 4 August 2021, she finished 24th in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Odaiba Marine Park.

2020 Tokyo Olympic Games 10 km Marathon Swim 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 Arevalo (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 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 10K Marathon Swim Finalists

1. Xin Xin (China)
2. Haley Anderson (USA)
3. Rachele Bruni (Italy)
4. Lara Grangeon (France)
5. Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil)
6. Ashley Twichell (USA)
7. Kareena Lee (Australia)
8. Finnia Wunram (Germany)
9. Leonie Beck (Germany)
10. Sharon van Rouwendaal (Netherlands)
11. Anna Olasz (Hungary)
12. Paula Ruiz Bravo (Spain)
13. Kate Sanderson (Canada)
14. Alice Dearing (Great Britain)
15. Angelica Andre (Portugal)
16. Cecilia Biagioli (Argentina)
17. Anastasia Kirpichnikova (Russian)
18. Samantha Arevalo (Ecuador)
19. Spela Perse (Slovenia)
20. Yumi Kida (Japan)
21. Michelle Weber (South Africa)
22. Paola Perez (Venezuela)
23. Krystyna Panchishko (Ukraine)
24. Li-Shan Chantal Liew (Singapore)
25. Souad Nefissa Cherouati (Algeria)

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

• Heat Survey for the Tokyo Olympic Marathon Swimmers
• Ana Marcela Cunha Realizes Golden Olympic Dream
• Tokyo 2020: Olympic Marathon Swim Predictions – Špela Perše (Slovenia)
• 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

• Sharon van Rouwendaal: 5K in the Morning...25 in the Afternoon...10K the Following Morning at European Championships
• Tokyo 2020: Olympic Marathon Swim Predictions – Špela Perše (Slovenia)
• Olympic Dreams To Be Made In Setúbal Bay – The Women
• 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
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Gregorio Paltrinieri Getting Back Into The Open Water
• Daily News of Open Water Swimming
• Marathon Swimming
• Open Water Swimming
• Dario Verani Win 1st Mediterranean Beach Games
• Arianna Bridi Win 1st Mediterranean Beach Games
• Špela Perše FINA bio