2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K
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The Women's 10K race at the 2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
rightThe 4th FINA Open Water Swimming World Championships were held August 29-September 3, 2006 in Naples, Italy.The championships featured 98 swimmers from 29 countries competing in race distances of 5-kilometer , 10-kilometer and 25-kilometer...

was swum on Thursday, August 31, 2006 in Naples, Italy
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

. It was the fourth event of the 2006 Open Water Worlds, and one of two events on August 31 (the other being the Men's 10K race
2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Men's 10K
The Men's 10K race at the 2006 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Thursday, August 31, 2006 in Naples, Italy. It was the third event of the 2006 Open Water Worlds, and one of two events on August 31...

). 31 females were entered in the event, 28 of whom swam.

Results

All times in hours : minutes : seconds
Place Swimmer Country Time Notes
1 Larisa Ilchenko
Larisa Ilchenko
Larisa Dmitriyevna Ilchenko is a Russian long distance swimmer. She had won eight World Championships and the 2008 Olympics at age 19....

 
 Russia 2:19:49.9
2 Poliana Okimoto
Poliana Okimoto
Poliana Okimoto is a Brazilian long-distance swimmer and Olympian.She competed at the 2008 Olympics, where she finished 7th in the Women's 10K race....

 
 Brazil 2:19:59.3
3 Ksenia Popova
Ksenia Popova
Ksenia Popova is a World Champion open water swimmer from Russia. At the 2008 Open Water Worlds, she won the Women's 25K race.She has swum for Russia at the:*World Championships: 2003, 2007*Open Water Worlds: 2004, 2006, 2008-References:...

 
 Russia 2:19:59.8
4 Angela Maurer
Angela Maurer
Angela Maurer is a long-distance swimmer from Germany.Angela Maurer lives in Wiesbaden, where she was born. She swims for the SSV Undine 08 e.V...

 
 Germany 2:20:00.2
5 Trudee Hutchinson   Australia 2:20:09.0
6 Jana Pechanová
Jana Pechanová
Jana Pechanová is an Olympic distance swimmer from the Czech Republic. She swam for the Czech Olympic team at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.At the 2008 Summer Olympics, Pechanová finished 8th in 10 km distance.-References:...

 
 Czech Republic 2:20:22.4
7 Cassandra Patten   United Kingdom 2:20:24.1
8 Kate Brookes-Peterson
Kate Brookes-Peterson
Kate Brookes-Peterson is an Australian open water swimmer.She won Australia's first medal at the 2007 FINA World Championships with a bronze in the Women's 5 km open water event...

 
 Australia 2:20:31.1
9 Laura La Piana   Italy 2:20:32.1
10 Erica Rose
Erica Rose
Erica Rose is an American long-distance swimmer and former World Champion, a feat she achieved at age 15.-References:* -- official website....

 
 United States 2:20:34.4
11 Ana Marcela Da Cruz   Brazil 2:20:56.5
12 Natalya Samorodina   Ukraine 2:20:59.3
13 Isobel Newman   United Kingdom 2:24:29.3
14 Celeste Punet   Argentina 2:24:45.6
15 Federica Vitale   Italy 2:24:49.7
16 Katherine Ball   United States 2:26:10.7
17 Karley Stutzel   Canada 2:30:13.2
18 Kataly Caldas Calle   Ecuador 2:32:23.8
19 Maria Serrano Cabrera   Ecuador 2:32:26.3
20 Asmaa Katarya   Egypt 2:33:04.7
21 Svitlana Rastoropova   Ukraine 2:33:37.4
22 Sandra Alanis   Mexico 2:35:57.2
23 Sahema Mubarak   Egypt 2:36:16.2
24 Kylie Salt   New Zealand 2:36:29.0
25 Migmari Calderon   Cuba 2:38:50.1
26 Karla Sitic   Independent State of Croatia 2:39:17.5
27 Kirsten Cameron
Kirsten Cameron
Kirsten Cameron, born 1973 in Masterton, is a New Zealand Distance freestyle and open water swimmer and a world record holder in Masters swimming in the 30-34, and 35-39 age groups. She was the 2009 national champion for women's 10 km open-water swim...

 
 New Zealand 2:44:18.1
-- Darjia Pop   Serbia and Montenegro DNF
-- Cindy Toscano   Guatemala DNS
-- Tanya Hunks
Tanya Hunks
Tanya Hunks is a female swimmer from Canada. She is a medley and freestyle specialist. After having won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games Hunks competed for her native country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.-References:*...

 
 Canada DNS
-- Floriane Richard   Early Modern France DNS


See also

  • 2004 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K
  • Open water swimming at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Women's 10 km
  • 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K
    2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships – Women's 10K
    The Women's 10K race at the 2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships was swum on Saturday, May 3, 2008 in Seville, Spain. It was the first event of the 2008 Open Water Worlds....

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