Romano Mombelli

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Personal information
Surname: Romano Mombelli
Nation: SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
Swimming style (s) : Freestyle
Birthday: 20th August 1992
Place of birth: Solothurn

Romano Mombelli (born August 20, 1992 in Solothurn ) is a Swiss swimming athlete and fastest swimmer when crossing the Strait of Bonifacio .

Career

Romano Mombelli attended the special class for sport and culture at the Solothurn Cantonal School . His first success in extreme swimming was swimming through the Strait of Gibraltar on April 5, 2014.

On September 5, 2015, he swam across Lake Brienz from Bönigen to Brienz in record time in 3 hours and 18 minutes.

On the night of October 12, 2015 to October 13, 2015, he tried to swim the Kaiwi Channel in Hawaii. Shortly after take-off, however, he was stung by several Portuguese galleys and had to give up the attempt after symptoms of paralysis. The project was captured by Swiss radio and television in a documentary for the Summer Challenge format .

The Strait of Bonifacio swam Romano Mombelli on 7 November 2015 a world record time of 3 hours and 40 minutes.

In July 2016, he became the first swimmer in history to cross Lake Murten , Lake Neuchâtel and Lake Biel within three days . He then followed the course of the Aare from Biel to Solothurn while swimming . Romano Mombelli covered a total distance of 105 km within four days.

Romano Mombelli completed the pioneering project Sarganserland in July 2017. He swam through Lake Walen , Linth Canal , Obersee and Lake Zurich within four days . Mombelli covered the total distance of 73 km in 18 hours and 44 minutes.

In July 2018, the swimmer tackled another pioneering project: in icy water temperatures between 11 and 16 ° C, he crossed six Graubünden mountain lakes within four days. Mostly without a wetsuit. In the first stage he completed a four-fold lengthwise crossing of the Marmorerastaues . For safety reasons, the man from Solothurn wore a wetsuit to cross the reservoir lengthways. After the Marmorerasee , the double longitudinal crossing of the 5 km long Lake Sils followed in 2 hours and 19 minutes. On the third stage, he crossed the Silvaplana twice. After Lake Silvaplana, Mombelli completed the Grischun project with more lakes than originally planned: in addition to Lake St. Moritz , he also crossed the Lej suot da Silvaplauna and the Lej da Champfèr . He covered a total of 37 km.

On October 4th, 2019 Romano Mombelli started the crossing of the English Channel from Samphire Hoe ( Dover ) to Calais . The strait between England and France is around 21 miles (33.8 km) wide. The swimmer had to stop the attempt after more than 5 hours due to physical problems.

On July 18, 2019, Mombelli crossed the 21-25 km route between the island of Fehmarn (Germany) and Rødby (Denmark) in 5 hours 24 minutes and 11 seconds. According to the organizers, this is the fourth fastest time in the history of marathon swimming on Fehmarn. The Belt Crossing is one of the toughest long-distance swims in the world. The start took place on Thursday morning at 4:04 a.m. After just over an hour, the swimmer suffered a setback as he got caught in a field full of fire jellyfish, which burned his entire face. This was followed by further jellyfish fields as far as Rødby.

On Friday, August 23, 2019, Romano Mombelli and Andrea Gisiger successfully crossed the English Channel . The team, Jura & Trois-Lacs, covered the distance between Samphire Hoe (England) and Cap Gris-Nez (France) in 11 hours and 48 minutes. The guidelines of the Channel Swimming Association state that the swimmers must take turns every hour. In addition to the water temperature, the coordinates and the arm stroke frequency, this cycle is strictly controlled by an observer and logged every hour. Jura & Trois-Lacs are the third Swiss team that ever made it through this channel.

On Saturday, August 31, 2019, Romano Mombelli won the first Swiss OpenWater Cup.

He has been trained by the international swimming coach Dirk Henry-Richard Lange since February 2016 .

Romano Mombelli is a student of German and history at the University of Bern and lives in Solothurn .

Sporting successes

Date / year Crossing venue time comment
23 Aug 2019 English Channel Relay United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dover 11:48:00 Crossing the English Channel from Samphire Hoe (GB) to Cap Gris-Nez (FR) over 44 km, as Team Jura & TroisLacs, together with Andrea Gisiger. Water temperature 18 ° C.
18th July 2019 Belt crossing GermanyGermany Fehmarn 05:24:11 Crossing from Puttgarden (DE) to Rødby (DK) over 21.2 km. Fourth fastest time. Water temperature 16 ° C.
19th July 2018 St. Moritz lake SwitzerlandSwitzerland St. Moritz 00:51:47 Double length traverse over 4 km. Water temperature 16 ° C (without wetsuit).
19th July 2018 Champfèrersee and Lej suot da Silvaplana SwitzerlandSwitzerland Silvaplana 00:52:42 Double length traverse over 4 km. Water temperature 11 ° C (without wetsuit).
18th July 2018 Lake Silvaplana SwitzerlandSwitzerland Sils 01:52:00 Double longitudinal crossing from Sils to Silvaplana over 7 km. Water temperature 15 ° C (without wetsuit).
17th July 2018 Silsersee SwitzerlandSwitzerland Sils Baselgia 02:19:00 Double length crossing from Sils Baselgia to Maloja over 11 km. Water temperature 15 ° C (without wetsuit).
16th July 2018 Marble Lake SwitzerlandSwitzerland Marmorera 02:38:00 4-fold lengthwise crossing of the reservoir over 11 km.

Water temperature 12–13 ° C.

20th July 2017 Lake Zurich SwitzerlandSwitzerland Zurich 08:28:00 Longitudinal crossing from Rapperswil to Zurich over 28 km.
19th July 2017 Obersee SwitzerlandSwitzerland Rapperswil 02:56:00 Longitudinal crossing from Schmerikon to Rapperswil over 14 km.
18th July 2017 Linth Canal SwitzerlandSwitzerland Weesen 02:19:00 Crossing from Weesen to Schmerikon over 15 km.
17th July 2017 Walensee SwitzerlandSwitzerland Walenstadt 05:01:00 Longitudinal crossing from Walenstadt to Weesen over 16 km.
15th July 2016 Aare SwitzerlandSwitzerland Biel - Solothurn 05: 12.00 From Biel to Solothurn through the Port lock over 32 km.
July 14, 2016 Lake Biel SwitzerlandSwitzerland Biel / Bienne 04: 42.00 Longitudinal crossing from Le Landeron to Biel over 18 km and easy Joran .
July 13, 2016 Lake Neuchâtel SwitzerlandSwitzerland Neuchâtel 12:09:00 Longitudinal crossing from Yverdon-les-Bains to St. Blaise over 44 km under difficult conditions at Joran .
July 11, 2016 Murten lake SwitzerlandSwitzerland Murten 02:08:00 Longitudinal crossing from Avenches to Löwenberg over 9 km.
0Nov 7, 2015 Strait of Bonifacio ItalyItaly Santa Teresa di Gallura 03:40:00 Crossing from Corsica to Sardinia over 16 km.

World record in 3 hours and 40 minutes.

05th Sep 2015 Lake Brienz SwitzerlandSwitzerland Brienz 03:18:00 Longitudinal crossing from Bönigen to Brienz over 14 km. Water temperature 16 ° C.
0Apr 5, 2014 Strait of Gibraltar SpainSpain Tarifa 03:58:00 Crossing from Tarifa in Spain to Buyones Point in Morocco over 21 km. Water temperature 14 ° C.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christoph Albrecht: Solothurn Gymeler swims to Africa . In: 20 minutes . ( 20min.ch [accessed June 18, 2017]).
  2. ↑ Hans Urfer: Through Lake Brienz in 3 hours and 18 minutes . In: Berner Zeitung, Berner Zeitung . July 9, 2015, ISSN  1424-1021 ( bernerzeitung.ch [accessed June 18, 2017]).
  3. ↑ Jellyfish sting Swiss super swimmers . In: 20 minutes . ( 20min.ch [accessed June 18, 2017]).
  4. ↑ 44 kilometers in the Pacific alone: ​​Solo swim in Hawaii. Swiss Radio and Television SRF, May 25, 2016, accessed on June 18, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Solothurn crosses the canal as the fastest swimmer in history . In: ot Oltner Tagblatt . November 9, 2015 ( oltnertagblatt.ch [accessed June 18, 2017]).
  6. ↑ Solothurn swims through Jura lakes and Aare . In: 20 minutes . ( 20min.ch [accessed June 18, 2017]).
  7. ↑ Over 100 km in the water: Romano Mombelli swims through Jura lakes . In: az Solothurn newspaper . July 11, 2016 ( solothurnerzeitung.ch [accessed June 18, 2017]).
  8. ↑ Silvan Hartmann: After 85,500 arm strokes at the destination: Solothurn Romano Mombelli swims through Lake Walen, Linth Canal and Lake Zurich. In: az Solothurn newspaper. Retrieved September 8, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Extreme swimmer Mombelli accelerates. southeast Switzerland, accessed on September 8, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Crawling through the cold Bündner lakes. In: Southeastern Switzerland. July 24, 2018, accessed September 8, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Marco Hartmann: Four lakes in four days. Southeastern Switzerland, July 17, 2018, accessed on September 8, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Raphael Karpf: Forced to give up: Romano Mombelli fails on the English Channel. In: az Solothurn newspaper. Retrieved September 8, 2019 .
  13. ^ Romano Mombelli 2018. In: Channel Swimming Association. Retrieved September 8, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Romano Mombelli from Solothurn swims the Fehmarnbelt as third fastest. In: az Solothurn newspaper. July 19, 2019, accessed September 8, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Crossed the Belt: Swiss student swims third fastest time. In: LN online. July 18, 2019, accessed September 8, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Belt crossing. JOG PROMOTION, accessed September 8, 2019 .
  17. ↑ Two people from Solothurn swim as a team from England to France. August 29, 2019, accessed September 8, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Regulations. Channel Swimming Association, accessed September 8, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Cup ranking. In: swim-emotions.ch. Retrieved September 8, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Bocche Bonifacio Swimming. Retrieved June 18, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Mombelli, Romano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss swimming athlete
DATE OF BIRTH 20th August 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Solothurn