Champs of the Past: Peter Vinkler [2009]
The “Gentle Giant”…this is the way some people used to describe him. He has been World and European Champion, and also World and European Record holder about 5 years ago. Now he stopped Finswimming and works as Firefighter in Kaposvar (HU). I’m talking about Peter Vinkler, a very good friend from Hungary!…
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Top of the Finswimmers: Petra Hostinska
Twice European Champion in Senior Long Distance. Surely one of the best Long Distance Finswimmers in the World. She is the Czech Petra Hostinska, young, nice, beautiful, and very strong in the water! We hope to see her winning again! But now let’s know her!…
Top of the Finswimmers: Simone Mallegni
Maybe you already saw him long time ago when he was young, but only in the latest years he grew up becoming a Champion. This year in the latest World Championships in Saint Petersburg he won the Gold Medal in the hardest and longest competition: 20000 mt long distance, and we also have to say that he is the first Italian that won this kind of competition at Worls. Congratulations and we hope that you will have a long carieer!!!…
Champs of the Past: Susann Barkawitz
Underwater Finswimming races have no secrets for her, she was European Champion in 1999 and 2003. Now she is Phisioterapist and a Mum! She is from Germany in the city of Leipzig (wher there is the SC DHfK Leipzig, that is team of a lot of Deutsch Champions). Now she left Finswimming because of her daughter….
Top of the Finswimmers: Alvaro Hugo Polo
Alvaro Hugo Polo is maybe the best South American Finswimmer. He has a long carreer, although he had to stop for 4 years due to operation to his knees after a bad accident. Now he is came back to take his revenge, obviously we are speaking about the Sport! Infact Alvaro was second at World Championships in Saint Petersburg this year….