The Ohrid Swimming Marathon (Macedonian: Охридски Пливачки Маратон, Ohridski Plivački Maraton) is an international Open water swimming competition, established in always taking place in the waters of the Ohrid Lake, Republic of North Macedonia. The swimmers are supposed to swim 30 km from Sveti Naum to the Ohrid harbor.
The first marathon race was organized in 1952 and was swum on the relation "Gorica – Ohrid" which is 2,5 km long. Second and third marathons were organized in 1956 and 1957. In 1962 the marathon was held on the relation "Pestani Village – Struga – Ohrid" with length of 36 km. It was then held from 1964 to 1966; in 1963 it was cancelled due to the big earthquake which destroyed Skopje. From 1992 it is organized on the 30 km long swimming path "Klime Savin" which starts at the Monastery of St. Naum and finishes at the city port of Ohrid.https://vispoj.com.mk/ohrid-swimming-marathon
The 2008 Marathon
The 2008 competition was the 22nd edition of the Ohrid Swimming Marathon. Prior to the event the Swimming Federation o of Macedonia announced that in 2008 there will be about 25 competitors, of which six are from the Republic of Macedonia itself and several other swimmers from other countries including Argentina, Bulgaria or Slovenia.Vest newspaper The winner of the marathon was Bulgarian swimmer Petar Stoychev.
Past winners
DateWinner-MenNationalityTime (h:m:s)Winner-WomenNationalityTime (h:m:s)1992Pavel RamdisekTeodora Raptis1993Zoltan KadeRita Kovács1994Julio Fernandez5:10:04Natasa Tomanovic5:38:561995Julio Fernandez6:14:00Natasa Tomanovic6:46:181996David Meca Medina5:43:24Rita Kovács6:14:591997David Meca Medina5:31:43Anne Chagnaud5:53:141998David Meca Medina5:57:25Peggy Büchse6:28:041999Aleksey Akatyev6:08:28Peggy Büchse6:11:232000Igor Majcen5:19:49Edith van Dijk5:27:392001Petar Stoychev6:00:17Edith van Dijk6:02:092002Petar Stoychev5:56:23Edith van Dijk6:06:042003Petar Stoychev5:36:19Angela Maurer5:57:432004Petar Stoychev5:31:11Angela Maurer5:43:232005Gilles Rondy5:23:58Edith van Dijk5:26:062006Petar Stoychev5:36:19Darja Pop6:52:442007Petar Stoychev5:52:00Esther Nuñez Morera6:26:152008Petar Stoychev6:14:51Stefanie Biller6:15:582009Petar Stoychev5:25:37Camilla Frediani5:50:372010Petar Stoychev5:37:39Karla Šitić5:47:182011Petar Stoychev5:35:13Karla Šitić5:52:552012Petar Stoychev5:19:30Olga Koziul5:33:412013Axel Reymond5:09:54Martina Grimaldi5:24:072014Brian Ryckeman5:41:47Silvie Rybářová6:09:342015Evgeniy Pop Atsev5:39:42Alice Franco5:44:032016Tomi Stefanovski5:55:18Olga Kozydub5:55:252017Alexander Studzinski5:15:14Barbara Pozzobon5:15:512018Francesco Ghettini5:13:59Barbara Pozzobon5:22:59
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