Athanasios Kynigakis
Athanasios Kynigakis (born 21 August 1998) is a 22-year-old Greek pool swimmer and Olympic open water swimmer.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- On 23 May 2019, he finished 2nd the 10 km LEN Open Water Cup in Lac du Causse in Brive, France.
- He finished 2nd in the 2021 FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier in 2:02:13.10 in Parque Urbano de Albarquel in Setúbal Bay, Portugal to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics on 20 June 2021 at the age of 22.
- On 13 March 2021, he finished 12th in the 10 km in 1:52:21.90 at the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in Qatar at the age of 22.
- On 15 February 2020, he finished 29th in the 10 km in 1:50:11.70 at the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in Qatar at the age of 21.
- On 16 July 2019, he finished 13th in the 10 km in 1:48:15.40 at the 18th FINA World Championships in South Korea at the age of 20.
- On 15 June 2019, he finished 4th in the 10 km in 1:50:24.00 at the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in Lake Balaton, Hungary at the age of 20.
- On 16 February 2019, he finished 33rd in the 10 km in 1:53:23.00 at the FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series in Qatar at the age of 20.
- On 5 August 2021, he finished 5th in the Olympic 10K Marathon Swim in Odaiba Marine Park in Tokyo Bay at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
2020 Tokyo Olympic 10K Marathon Swim Results
Gold: Florian Wellbrock (Germany, 23) 1:48:33.70
Silver: Kristóf Rasovszky (Hungary, 24) 1:48:59.00
Bronze: Gregorio Paltrinieri (Italy, 26) 1:49:01.10
4. Matan Roditi (Israel, 22) 1:49:24.90
5. Athanasios Kynigakis (Greece, 22) 1:49:29.20
6. Marc-Antoine Olivier (France, 25) 1:50:23.00
7. Ferry Weertman (Netherlands, 29) 1:51:30.80
8. Michael McGlynn (South Africa, 21) 1:51:32.70
9. Hau-Li Fan (Canada, 23) 1:51:37.00
10. Jordan Wilimovsky (USA, 27) 1:51:40.20
11. Rob Muffels (Germany, 26) 1:53:03.30
12. Kai Graeme Edwards (Australia, 22) 1:53:04.00
13. Taishin Minamide (Japan, 25) 1:53:07.50
14. Mario Sanzullo (Italy, 28) 1:53:08.60
15. David Farinango (Ecuador, 20) 1:53:09.80
16. Phillip Seidler (Namibia, 23) 1:53:14.10
17. Daniel Delgadillo (Mexico, 31) 1:53:14.40
18. Alberto Martinez (Spain, 23) 1:53:16.50
19. Kirill Abrosimov (Russian Olympic Committee, 29) 1:54:29.30
20. Ous Mellouli (Tunisia, 37) 1:56:33.30
21. Vitaliy Khudyakov (Kazakhstan, 26) 1:57:53.70
22. William Yan Thorley (Hong Kong, 18) 1:58:33.40
23. Tiago Campos (Portugal, 22) 1:59:42.00
24. Matej Kozubek (Czech Republic, 25) 2:01:52.10
DNF Hector Thomas Cheal Pardoe (Great Britain, 20)
DNF David Aubry (France, 24)
External links
- Takeaways from the 2022 FINA World Championships
- Florian Wellbrock, Gregorio Paltrinieri, Mykhailo Romanchuk On 5 km Podium at World Championships
- Heat Survey for the Tokyo Olympic Marathon Swimmers
- Hector Pardoe, Out But Not Down At The Olympics
- Florian Wellbrock Dominates The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Gregorio Paltrinieri Achieves The Mellouli Double
- Kristóf Rasovszky Appreciates Training In Lake Hévíz For Tokyo Bay
- Big Surprises At The Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Matan Roditi Is Heading To The Tokyo Olympic Games
- Athanasios Kynigakis Is Heading To The Tokyo Olympic Games
- Watch The Olympic Qualification Race – Takeshi Toyoda Of Japan In Lead
- Hector Pardoe Is Heading To The Tokyo Olympic Games
- Matan Roditi Is Heading To The Tokyo Olympic Games
- Athanasios Kynigakis Is Heading To The Tokyo Olympic Games
- Watch The Olympic Qualification Race – Takeshi Toyoda Of Japan In Lead
- Hector Pardoe Is Heading To The Tokyo Olympic Games
- Paolo Ruiz, David Aubry Win LEN Cup At Brive La Gaillarde, France
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Athanasios Kynigakis FINA bio
