Tuesday, November 3, 2009

2009 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix Men's Rankings

FINA announced its final rankings of the 2009 FINA Open Water Swimming Grand Prix season.

Congratulations goes to Petar Stoychev who dominated the FINA Grand Prix circuit again for his ninth unprecedented title.

According to FINA's rules that require ranked swimmers to participate in a minimum of four races including the final event of the season, the top 6 men were:

1. Petar Stoychev (BUL) - 122 points (US$15,000)
2. Damián Blaum (ARG) - 93 (US$10,000)
3. Alexander Studzinky (GER) - 69 (US$5,000)
4. Gabriel Villagoiz (ARG) - 49 (US$4,000)
5. Tomi Stefanovsky (MKD) - 36 (US$3,000)
6. Rodolfo Valenti (ITA) - 36 (US$2,000)
7. Rostislav Vitek (CZE) - 33 (US$1,000)
8. Andrea Volpini (ITA) - 30 (US$500)
9. Edoardo Stochino (ITA) - 25
10. Rok Kerin (SLO) - 14

A total of 68 swimmers participated in the 2009 circuit, including the following swimmers who did to not meeting the minimum participation rule:

11. Joanes Hedel (FRA) 29
12. Michael Dmitriev (ISR) - 27
13. David Browne (AUS) - 26
14. Mohammad Saleh (SYR) - 22
15. GOMEZ, Stephane Gomez (FRA) - 20
16. Thomas Lurz (GER) - 20
17. Sergiy Fesenko (AZE) - 16
18. Diego Nogueira (ESP) - 16
19. DYAVladimir Dyatchin (RUS) - 14
20. Ivan Lopez (MEX) - 14
21. Xavier Desharnais (CAN) - 12
22. Simone Ercoli (ITA) - 12
23. Guillermo Bertola (ARG) - 11
24. Evgeny Drattsev (RUS) - 10
25. Mattia Alberico (ITA) - 9
26. Daniel Katzir (ISR) - 9
27. Simon Tobin (CAN) - 9
28. Paul Blais-Morisset (CAN) - 5
29. Gianni Fontanesi (ITA) - 5
30. Andrea Bondanini (ITA) - 4
31. Glorie Daan (NED) - 4
32. Igor Dimovski (MKD) - 4
33. Tsvetan Jordanov (BUL) - 4
34. Arseniy Larentyev (POR) - 4
35. Aleksander Panceski (MKD) - 4
36. Evenij Pop Acev (MKD) - 4
37. Ilija Stojanovski (MKD) - 4
38. Jan Willem Van Der Graaf (NED) - 4
39. Eduardo Chipollini (MEX) - 3
40. Manuel Chiu (MEX) - 3
41. Trent Grimsey (AUS) - 3
42. Christian Reichert (GER) - 3
43. Fouad Shaikh Bakri (SYR) - 3
44. Libor Smolka (CZE) - 3
45. Tom Vangeneugden (BEL) - 3
46. Wasim Zwizer (SYR) - 3
47. Leonardo Bastiani (ARG) - 2
48. Agustin Carrizo (ARG) - 2
49. Martin Naidich (ARG) - 2
50. Filippo Pupulin (ITA) - 2
51. Shahar Resman (ISR) - 2
52. Giuseppe Russo (ITA) - 2
53. Luciano Sales Rubio (ARG) - 2
54. Islam Mohsen Abselkawy (EGY) - 0
55. Majed Al Hammadi (UAE) - 0
56. Leonardo Bastiani (ARG) - 0
57. Gasper Bohinc (SLO) - 0
58. Jeremy Bonneau (CAN) - 0
59. Ramiro Chirino (ARG) - 0
60. Juan Cordonier (ARG) - 0
61. Rodrigo Elorza (MEX) - 0
62. Benjamin Konschak (GER) - 0
63. Nikola Kutanoski (MKD) - 0
64. Marjan Mirceski (MKD) - 0
65. Pablo Negri (ARG) - 0
66. Cristobal Romero (ARG) - 0
67. Nadir Vaca Panero (ARG) - 0
68. Christof Wandratsch (GER) - 0

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