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Florian Wellbrock

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Florian Wellbrock
Wellbrock in 2017
Personal information
NationalityGerman
Born (1997-08-19) 19 August 1997 (age 27)
Bremen, Germany[1]
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubSC Magdeburg
Medal record
World Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju 1500 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2019 Gwangju 10 km open water
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place 2018 Glasgow 1500 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Team open water
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Glasgow 800 m freestyle

Florian Wellbrock (born 19 August 1997) is a German swimmer. He competed in the men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, he became the first swimmer to win both the 1500m freestyle and the 10 km open-water race at an international competition.[3]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Florian Wellbrock". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Florian Wellbrock". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Florian Wellbrock Becomes 1st to Win 10K/1500 Gold at Major International Meet". Swimswam News. Retrieved 28 July 2019.