#187 Fernando Possenti, Brazil's Olympic gold medal winning Open Water coach

Fernando Possenti is one of the world's most accomplished open water swimming coaches. Over the last decade he has spent countless hours alongside Ana Marcela Cunha, the world's best female open water swimmer. After 5 world championship titles, Ana Marcela Cunha captured the Olympic gold medal in the Women's 10K at the age of 29. Fernando, a Brazilian 200 IM national champion himself, has be awarded FINA's Coaching Achievement Award five times. He speaks 4 languages and is able to understand Italian pretty well, too. Ana Marcela and Fernando will defend their title in Paris. Enjoy! 00:00 Swimming Sponsors 03:30 Hello Fernando 05:00 Ana Marcela Cunha's dominance 07:30 Multi lingual 09:00 Coaching Ana Marcela 10:50 Coaching open water 11:45 Open water always changing 15:00 Open water experience 16:30 Sharon van Rouwendaal 16:45 25K vs 10K 18:20 How long is a 10K? 18:55 Wetsuits? 19:35 Temp in Tokyo 20:00 2 AM wake up time 20:35 Feeding = Pit Stop 22:30 Training for Feeding 23:30 95% in Pool 24:45 Ferociousness of Ana Marcela 27:45 Won the race the day before 31:00 4th Lap 34:20 Where are you? 36:30 1st Female Brazilian Olympic Gold Medalist 38:55 Personal Cost 40:50 Training for marathon swimming 43:30 Altitude training 45:00 How long can Ana Marcela go? 47:00 Family relationship Support Our Sponsors: THE MAGIC 5 : Custom fitted goggles that are tailor-made for your exact face. You shouldn't feel you are wearing goggles. Use code BRETTHAWKE20 at checkout to receive 20% off. SWIM ANGELFISH: Receive the tools and skills needed to teach swimmers with autism, physical disabilities, anxiety, sensory and motor conditions with Swim Angelfish, the global leader in adaptive swim. Get certified online today! SUPERIOR SWIM TIMING : Run a swim meet with ease from your laptop. SST is fully compatible with Hy-Tek and Team Unify as well as Colorado, Daktronics, and Omega touchpads. Tell them Brett sent you! DESTRO SWIM TOWERS : Save $150 per double swim tower by using the code "brett" at checkout! SWIMNERD LIVE : Create an interactive heat sheet. Stream your swim meet scoreboard in real time over top your live stream. Turn any tv into a digital scoreboard. Subscribe & Listen: Apple Podcasts Google Spotify YouTube Produced by: SWIMNERD Supported by: Fitter & Faster #openwater #OWS #swimming