WEERTMAN Ferry

Marathon Swimming

Date of Birth: 27 Jun 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Place of birth: NAARDEN

Birth Country:

Netherlands

Place of residence : EINDHOVEN

Residence Country:

Netherlands

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Marathon Swimming	Men's 10km	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Odaiba Marine Park	Men's 10km	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

MARATHON SWIMMING

Olympic Games

Year	Location	10km
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	1

World Championships

Year	Location	10km	5km - TTT X	5km - TR X
2019	Gwangju, KOR	7	-	7
2017	Budapest, HUN	1	-	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	2	2	-
2013	Barcelona, ESP	6	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	10km	25km	5km - TR X
2020	Budakalasz, HUN	4	-	-
2018	Glasgow, GBR	1	DNS	1

World Series overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	10km
2021	1 x 8th
2020	1 x 8th
2019	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 4th
2018	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 3 x 4th
2017	2 x 2nd, 1 x 4th, 1 x 7th

World Series - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location
1	2019	10km	Qiandaohu, CHN
1	2018	10km	Doha, QAT
2	2019	10km	Balatonfured, HUN
2	2018	10km	Balatonfured, HUN
2	2017	10km	Hong Kong, CHN
2	2017	10km	Abu Dhabi, UAE
4	2019	10km	Beau Vallon, SEY
4	2018	10km	Qiandaohu, CHN
4	2018	10km	Setubal, POR
4	2018	10km	Beau Vallon, SEY
4	2017	10km	Qiandaohu, CHN

Legend
X - Mixed, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, TR - Team Relay, TTT - Team Time Trial

SWIMMING

World Championships

Year	Location	400Free	800Free	1500Free	4x200Free
2017	Budapest, HUN	-	H (7:56.44)	-	8th (7:12.76)
2015	Kazan, RUS	H (3:52.18)	-	H (15:32.01)	-

European Championships

Year	Location	4x200Free
2018	Glasgow, GBR	7th (7:13.46)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Occupation:

Open University, Netherlands

Partner Ranomi Kromowidjojo

Languages spoken:

Otters Het Gooi [Bussum, NED]

Thijs Hagelstein [national], NED

Sporting relatives:

His partner Ranomi Kromowidjojo has represented the Netherlands in swimming and has won three gold medals at the Olympic Games. (trouw.nl, 22 Jun 2020;; SportsDeskOnline, 05 Jul 2019; Instagram profile, 29 Jun 2019)

2012 for Netherlands, Olympic Games Qualifying in Setubal, Portugal (Athlete, 10 Jul 2015)

He began swimming at age six in Bussum, Netherlands. He took up open water swimming at age 17. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 03 Nov 2016; Athlete, 10 Jul 2015)

His brother was swimming and he thought it looked like fun. He was encouraged to take up open water swimming after he failed to qualify for the 800m freestyle at the 2009 European Junior Championships. "I enjoy swimming and I love the feeling of being in the water. I wanted to compete in the European pool championships but didn't qualify. I found my place in open water and really liked it." (olympic.org, 19 Aug 2019; skysports.com, 09 Aug 209; swimmingworldmagazine.com, 03 Nov 2016; Athlete, 10 Jul 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (ad.nl, 04 Jul 2017)

Winning a gold medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (fina.org, 04 Dec 2016)

Dutch swimmer Maarten van der Weijden. (Athlete, 10 Jul 2015)

Philosophy:

"Pain is not my enemy, it's my call to greatness." (Facebook page, 27 Nov 2018)

He was named Best Open Water Male Swimmer of 2018 at the International Swimming Federation's [FINA] World Aquatics Gala in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 16 Dec 2018)

In 2017 he received a Long-Term Performance Award from the Dutch Swimming Federation. (fina.org, 10 Aug 2017)

He received the International Swimming Federation [FINA] Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year Award in 2016. (fina.org, 04 Dec 2016)

He was voted the European Swimming Federation [LEN] Male Open Water Swimmer of the Year in 2015. (swimswam.com, 07 Jan 2016)

General Interest

General
SWIMMING PARTNER
He and partner, Dutch swimmer Ranomi Kromowidjojo, try hard to keep their swimming and private life separate. "When I have a hard time mentally, I sometimes have a glass of whiskey. Just because I like it. In such a situation Ranomi takes a piece of chocolate. If she tells me not to drink alcohol or warns me that a bar isn't good for her, you're bound to clash. We agreed early on in our relationship what to say and what not to say. When we talk about swimming all day, our relationship never lasts. We understand what the other is doing. What we don't understand, we let go." (trouw.nl, 22 Jun 2020)

ATHLETE REPRESENTATIVE
In 2018 he began serving as an athlete representative on the International Swimming Federation's [FINA] Athletes Committee. (LinkedIn profile, 28 Apr 2021)

Social Media

https://www.facebook.com/Ferryweertman
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/VeryFerryFast
https://instagram.com/veryferryfast
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ferry-weertman-1bb552140/
https://twitter.com/VeryFerryFast
Athlete Website: http://www.ferryweertman.nl

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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