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Mellouli Double
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noun - The Mellouli Double is an pool swimming and open water swimming feat performed at the Summer Olympics or FINA World Championships where a distance freestyler competes in both pool swimming and open water swimming races. It can also mean finishing in the top three in both a pool swimming and open water swimming race at the same Summer Olympics or FINA World Championships.
Namesake
- The Mellouli Double was named after Oussama Mellouli, a Tunisian pool and open water swimmer and a three-time Olympic medalist who competed not only in the 1500m freestyle and Olympic 10K Marathon Swim, and was the first person to medal in both pool and open water races at a single Olympics at the 2012 London Olympics.
Mellouli Double Swimmers
- 2008 Beijing Olympics: David Davies (Great Britain)
- 2008 Beijing Olympics: Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria)
- 2008 Beijing Olympics: Spyridon Gianniotis (Greece)
- 2008 Beijing Olympics: Keri-Anne Payne (Great Britain)
- 2008 Beijing Olympics: Cassandra Patten (Great Britain)
- 2008 Beijing Olympics: Andreína del Valle Pinto Pérez (Venezuela)
- 2008 Beijing Olympics + Paralympics: Natalie du Toit (South Africa)
- 2008 Beijing Olympics: Kristel Köbrich (Chile)
- 2012 London Olympics: Éva Risztov (Hungary)
- 2012 London Olympics: Erika Villaécija García (Spain)
- 2012 London Olympics: Cecilia Biagioli (Argentina)
- 2012 London Olympics: Oussama Mellouli (Tunisia)
- 2012 London Olympics: Daniel Fogg (Great Britain)
- 2016 Rio Olympics: Jordan Wilimovsky (USA)
- 2016 Rio Olympics: Sharon van Rouwendaal (Netherlands)
- 2016 Rio Olympics: Éva Risztov (Hungary)
- 2016 Rio Olympics: Oussama Mellouli (Tunisia)
- 2019 FINA World Championships: Florian Wellbrock (Germany) - gold medals in 1500m and 10 km
Origin
Coined by Steven Munatones in 2018.
External links
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