Sunday, October 11, 2009

FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix Rankings - Stoychev On Top

With one last professional marathon swim to complete in the FINA Open Water Swimming World Cup, Bulgaria's Petar Stoychev has wrapped up the 2009 season title.

One of the top vote-getters for the 2009 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year poll, Petar has had a remarkable year.

Petar has consistently out-swum all the other professional marathon swimmers throughout the year in head-to-head competitions, including winning an unprecedented nine straight Traversee internacionale du lac St-Jean 32K races.

The point totals to date as are follows:

1. Petar Stoychev (BUL) - 119 points
2. Damián Blaum (ARG) - 90
3. Alexander Studzinky (GER) - 61
4. Gabriel Villagoiz (ARG) - 46
5. Rodolfo Valenti (ITA) - 33
6. Tomi Stefanovsky (MKD) - 33
7. Rostislav Vitek (CZE) - 30
8. Joanes Hedel (FRA) - 29
9. Andrea Volpini (ITA) - 26
10. David Browne (AUS) - 26
11. Edoardo Stochino (ITA) - 22
12. Stephane Gomez (FRA) - 20
13. Diego Nogueira (ESP) - 16
14. Michael Dmitriev (ISR) - 15
15. Ivan Lopez (MEX)- 14
16. Michael Demitriev (ISR) - 12
16. Xavier Desharnais (CAN) - 12
18. Guillermo Bertola (ARG) - 11
19. Rok Kerin (SLO) - 11
20. Salah Mohammad (SYR) - 10
21. Daniel Katzir (ISR) - 9
22. Simon Tobin (CAN) - 9
23. Mohammad Saleh (SYR) - 6
24. Mattia Alberico (ITA) - 6
25. Paul Blais-Morisset (CAN) - 5

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