Bernd Berkhahn
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Bernd Berkhahn, FINA Open Water Swimming Male Coach of the Year in 2021
Bernd Berkhahn is the head coach of the German national open water swimming team.
Coaching Highlights
- On 16 July 2025, he coached Moesha Johnson and Florian Wellbrock both to gold medals at the World Aquatics Championships in the 10 km race in Sentosa Island in Singapore.
- He coached the German team that won all titles at the 2011 European Junior Open Water Swimming Championships at Navia, Spain.
- His swimmers won all four titles: Svenja Zihsler as 5 km individual female champion, Rob Muffels as 5 km individual male champion and German Team as the 3 km team event.
- He received the Coach of the Year award at the 2012 H2Open Awards organized by H2Open Magazine, an award designed to celebrate achievement in open water swimming.Co
- He coaches 2020 Tokyo Olympics 10 km marathon swimming champion Florian Wellbrock.
- He coaches Rob Muffels who finished 11th in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics 10 km marathon swim.
- He was named FINA Open Water Swimming Male Coach of the Year in 2021.
External links
- They Are Swimmers: Moesha Johnson, Isabel Gose, Ichika Kajimoto Double Up at the World Aquatics Championships
- Moesha Johnson Prepares, Adapts, and Dominates 10K World Championships
- Race With Everything Ends With Florian Wellbrock, Gregorio Paltrinieri, Kyle Lee 1-2-3 At The World Championships
- Florian Wellbrock, Rob Muffels, Finnia Wunram Start to Catch Up
- Bernd Berhahn twitter feed
- H2Open Magazine website
- H2Open Magazine website
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim round-up
- Marathon Swimming
- World Marathon Swimming Association
