Matias Diaz Hernandez
Matías Díaz Hernández is a 28-year-old professional open water swimmer from Santa Cruz in Patagonia, Argentina.
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Open Water Swimming Highlights
- On 5 February 2017, he competed in the Maratón Acuatíco Río Coronda, a 57 km FINA Grand Prix Series race, finishing in 9 hours 14 minutes 48 seconds.
- On 19 August 2017, he competed in the Ohrid Swim Marathon, a 30 km [[FINA Grand Prix Series] race, finishing in 5 hours 47 minutes 22 seconds.
- He finished 5th in the 2017 International Olimpics Swimming Marathon, a 10 km race in Ohrid Lake in Macedonia.
- He finished 13th in the 16 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli on the FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix circuit on 3 September 2017 in 4 hours 25 minutes 29 seconds.
- He finished 12th overall on the 2017 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix professional marathon swimming circuit.
- On 25 August 2018, he competed in the Ohrid Swim Marathon, a 25 km [[FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series] race, finishing in 5 hours 40 minutes 43 seconds.
- On 8 September 2018, he competed in the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli, a FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series race, finishing in 7 hours 14 minutes 47 seconds.
- He finished 3rd in the 32 km Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Quebec, Canada on 27 July 2019 in 7 hours 32 minutes 41 seconds.
- On 7 September 2019, he competed in the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli, a [[FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series] race, finishing in 7 hours 21 minutes 40 seconds.
- He competed in the 57 km Maratón Acuática Internacional Santa Fe – Coronda in Argentina on 3 February 2019.
- On 31 August 2019, he finished 4th in the 20 km FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series in Novi, Croatia in 4:18:48.
- He finished 5th in the 2019 FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series.
- He finished 5th in the 25 km FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series held in Lake Ohrid in North Macedonia finishing 5th in 5 hours 11 minutes 46 seconds.
- On 5 September 2019, he competed in the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli, a FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series race, finishing 10th in 6 hours 52 minutes 33 seconds.
- He was the sixth highest point scorer in the 2021 FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series.
- On 4 September 2022, he finished 6th in the 36 km Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli after the race was suspended due to unsafe conditions after 4 hours 57 minutes.
- On 16 March 2024, he set the record for a 42 km crossing of the Rio de la Plata in 8 hours 51 minutes 46 seconds from Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay to Punta Lara, Ensenada, Buenos Aires, Argentina in 22°C water at the age of 28. The Cruce a Nado Río de la Plata Uruguay Argentina (or the Swimming Across Río de la Plata from Uruguay to Argentina) is governed and ratified by the Nadando Argentina.
2025 Traversée Internationale du lac St-Jean Results
1. Matías Díaz Hernández, Argentina 7:09:19
2. Nicolas Masse-Savard, Canada 7:14:59
3. Niccolo Ricciardi, Italy 7:38:15
4. Mayte Puca, Argentina, 7:40:13 [first woman]
5. Evgenij Pop Acev, Macedonia 7:54:48
6. Madisyn Armstrong, Australia 8:03:07 [second woman]
7. Aleksandar Ilievski, Macedonia 8:07:34
8. Daniel Ponce-Jimenez, Spain 8:26:41
9. Erika Yenssen, Argentina 8:35:44 [third woman]
10. Philippe Lacasse, Canada 8:42:44
11. Julien Pichot, France 8:51:05
12. Giacomo Lucivero, Australia 8:52:06
13. Pénélope Harvey, Canada 9:27:26 [fourth woman]
14. Gustavo Lores, Peru 9:11:20
15. Thomas Bilodeau, Canada 9:45:08
Retired
Axel Reymond, France 2h15m
Matteo Furlan, Italy 2h20m
Emmanuel Sacho, Canada 3h07m
Miguel Carrizo Yunges, Argentina 3h44m
Inès Delacroix, France 4h12m
Aquiles Balaudo, Argentina 4h36m
Hugo Ribeiro, Portugal 6h20m
Withdrawal after time limit
Nolwenn Even, France
2019 FINA UltraMarathon Swim Series Top 6 Rankings
1. Evgenij Pop Acev (North Macedonia) 356 points
2. Edoardo Stochino (Italy) 348 points
3. Francesco Ghettini (Italy) 312 points
4. Damián Blaum (Argentina) 303 points
5. Matias Diaz Hernandez (Argentina) 285 points
6. Aquiles Balaudo (Argentina) 253 points
2026 Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli Results
1. Alessio Occhipinti, Italy 6 hours 13 minutes 28 seconds, 1st man
2. Matej Kozubek, Czech Republic 6 hours 18 minutes 39 seconds, 2nd man
3. Niccolò Ricciardi, Italy 6 hours 23 minutes 22 seconds, 3rd man
4. Alessia Ossoli, Italy 6 hours 26 minutes 45 seconds, 1st woman
5. Matias Diaz Hernandez, Argentina 6 hours 34 minutes 32 seconds, 4th man
6. Tomas Rodriguez, Argentina 6 hours 34 minutes 49 seconds, 5th man
7. Philippe Lacasse, Canada 6 hours 51 minutes 26 seconds, 6th man
8. Veronica Santoni, Italy 6 hours 54 minutes 41 seconds, 2nd woman
9. Matheus Evangelista, Brazil 6 hours 58 minutes 39 seconds, 7th man
10. Alexsandar Ilievski, North Macedonia 7 hours 5 minutes 19 seconds, 8th man
11. Daniel Ponce Jimenez, Spain 7 hours 15 minutes 15 seconds, 9th man
12. Mariel Loyato, Argentina 7 hours 16 minutes 18 seconds, 3rd woman
13. Giacomo Lucivero, Australia 7 hours 19 minutes 44 seconds, 10th man
14. Gonzalo Fabian Guidi, Argentina 7 hours 36 minutes 1 second, 11th man
15. Martin Miguel Carrizo Yunges, Argentina DNF
16. Emily Fogle, USA DNF
External links
- Matías Díaz Hernández Sets Cruce a Nado del Río de la Plata Record
- @matiasdiaaz
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- Alessio Occhipinti Leads Italians in Rough Waters at Capri-Napoli
- Argentina Sweeps Ohrid Swimming Marathon – Matias Diaz, Vanesa García Win
- Pros on the Podium – Men
- Pros on the Podium – Women
- Alessio Occhipinti Wins 56th Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli
- Axel Reymond Wins His Third Lake Ohrid FINA UltraMarathon Swim
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Marathon Swimming
- Open Water Swimming
- I Got Stung
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- FINA website
- World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation
- Rosario Race Goes Back To The Future
- Second Leg Of La Copa Grand Prix Quini 6
- Streamlined Optimal Breathing In The Open Water
- Lucky Sevens In Rosario
- Petar Stoychev On The Opposite End Of The Stick
- Fabiana Lamberti Wins Maratón Acuático de Rosario
- Simone Ercoli Leads 3 Amigos In Rosario
- Italian Polizia Go 1-2-3 In Rosario's Maratón Acuática
- After 101 km, Stefanovski And Stochino Tie
- Evgenij Pop Acev Turns Tables On Damián Blaum
- Guillermo Bertola Wins, Sets Record In Lac St-Jean
- Evgenij Pop Acev, Guillermo Bertola Win FINA Grand Prix
