Articles by Ben Dornan

Belmonte And Munoz Headline 2020 Catalonia Open Championships

The Catalan Swimming Federation is set to host the Catalonia Open Championships this week, running from Thursday, Jan. 16th through to Saturday, Jan. 19th.

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Water Polo Australia and AOC Join The Fight Against Rampant Bushfires

Water Polo Australia (WPA) announced on Friday that they will be joining the fight against the rampant bushfires, currently tearing through their country.

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2019 Swammy Awards: Canadian Coach Of The Year, Tom Johnson

This year’s Swammy Award for Canadian Coach of the Year goes to Tom Johnson of the High Performance Centre, Vancouver.

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2019 Swammy Awards: Rocco Meiring, African Coach Of The Year

Rocco Meiring, coach of Tatjana Schoenmaker, is SwimSwam’s 2019 Swammy Award winner as African Coach of the Year.

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2019 Swammy Awards: European Female Swimmer Of The Year Katinka Hosszu

Katinka Hosszu has been named the Swammy Award winner for European Swimmer of the Year for the 4th time in her career.

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2019 Swammy Awards: European Male Swimmer Of The Year – Adam Peaty

Great Britain’s Adam Peaty is the winner of the 2019 European Male Swimmer of the Year Swammy Award

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2019 Swammy Awards: World Junior Male Swimmer of the Year Andrei Minakov

Andrei Minakov won medals at the European Junior Championships, World Championships, and World Junior Championships as he drug his taper out for over a month.

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2019 Swammy Awards: World Junior Female Swimmer of the Year Regan Smith

After 3 World Record and 2 World Championship gold medals, American Regan Smith was a runaway choice for the 2019 World Female Jr. Swimmer of the Year award.

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Cole Pratt Takes Down Markus Thormeyer’s 200 Backstroke Canadian Record

Cole Pratt broke Markus Thormeyer’s Canadian record in the 200 back (short course meters) at the 2019 Ontario Junior International.

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Margherita Panziera and Gregorio Paltrinieri Qualify for Tokyo Olympic Games

Margherita Panziera (above) and Gregorio Paltrinieri secured their Olympic qualifications on the third and final day of the 2019 Italian Winter Championships on Saturday.

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Matt Brown Named New Head Coach at SOPAC in Australia

The club, based out of the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre, includes defending Australian Champion in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes Matthew Wilson.

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Hosszu Takes Moravcová’s Record For Most SC Euro Golds

Hungarian Katinka Hosszu has broken Slovakian Martina Moravcová’s record for most Short Course European Championships gold medals

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Ilaria Bianchi Shaves .02 Off Italian Record With 2:04.20 In 200 Fly

Ilaria Bianchi has taken another 0.02 off of her own Italian Record in the 200 fly on day 3 of European SC Champs. She swam a 2:04.20 in the final.

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Kayla Sanchez Breaks 50 Free Canadian Record Twice At European Derby

Kayla Sanchez broke the 50 free Canadian Record on day 1 of the European Derby and lowered it further in the skins race on day 2.

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Caeleb Dressel And Ben Kennedy Release Debut Podcast

Caeleb Dressel (above) and his best friend Ben Kennedy have launched a new vlog/podcast on YouTube, called the Ben & Caeleb Show.

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