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Nicholas Sloman

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Nicholas Sloman
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1997-10-30) 30 October 1997 (age 27)[1]
Queensland, Australia
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportOpen water swimming
Event(s)5 km, 10 km, open water team relay
ClubNoosa
Medal record
Men's open water swimming
Representing  Australia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships 1 0 1
Pan Pacific Championships 0 0 1
Total 1 0 2
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Doha Team open water
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Fukuoka Team open water
Pan Pacific Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tokyo 10 km open water

Nicholas Sloman (born 30 October 1997) is an Australian open water swimmer. He is a six-time medalist at FINA Marathon Swim World Series, winning a gold medal and a silver medal at the 2019 edition and three silver medals and one bronze medal at the 2022 edition. At the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships, he won the bronze medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim.

Career

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2018–2019

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For the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, held in August in Tokyo, Japan, Sloman was named to the Swimming Australia roster.[2] He competed in the 10 kilometre open water swim on 14 August, where he won the bronze medal with a time of 1:59:20.8, which was 30.3 seconds behind gold medalist Jordan Wilimovsky of the United States and 24.1 seconds behind silver medalist Eric Hedlin of Canada.[3][4]

At the 2019 Surf Life Saving Australia Championships in March in Burleigh Heads, Sloman won the national title in the 2 kilometre ocean swim along with Lani Pallister, who won the women's title, marking his third-consecutive title in the event.[5] He followed up with a silver medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim at the leg of the 2019 FINA Marathon Swim World Series held in May in Seychelles with a time of 1:56:04.10.[6] Two months later, at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships held in July in Gwangju, South Korea, he placed twenty-first in the 10 kilometre open water swim on 16 July, finishing in a time of 1:49:22.7.[7] Two days later, he placed fifth in the 5 kilometre (4×1250 metre) open water team relay with a final relay time of 54:36.8.[7] In September, at the leg of the Marathon Swim World Series Nantou, Taiwan, he won the gold medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim with a time of 1:56:31.20.[8]

2022

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2022 World Aquatics Championships

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In March, Sloman was one of six swimmers named to Team Australia in open water swimming for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[9] On 26 June, he helped achieve a sixth-place finish in the mixed gender 4×1500 metre open water relay with a time of 1:05:30.8.[10] In his second event, the 5 kilometre open water swim the next day, he tied Brennan Gravley of the United States for tenth-place with a time of 54:28.4.[11][12] For his third and final event, the 10 kilometre open water swim held on 29 June, he finished in a time of 1:51:58.1 and placed eighth, which was 1 minute and 1.3 seconds behind gold medalist Gregorio Paltrinieri of Italy.[13]

2022 Marathon Swim World Series

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At the second leg of the 2022 FINA Marathon Swim World Series, held in July at Parc de la Villette in Paris, France, Sloman won a silver medal in the 4×1500 metre open water relay in a time of 1:08:03.75.[14] He also finished in a time of 1:51:41.95 in the 10 kilometre swim and won the bronze medal.[15] The following leg, conducted in August at Lake Mégantic in Canada, he won the silver medal in the 10 kilometre open water swim with a time of 1:50:51.68, sharing the podium with gold medalist Domenico Acerenza of Italy and bronze medalist Dávid Betlehem of Hungary.[16][17] He won a second silver medal in the 4×1500 metre open water relay at the final leg, with competition held in November in Eilat, Israel, helping achieve a final time of 1:06:36.60.[18] For the 10 kilometre swim he placed eleventh with a time of 1:46:56.60.[19] Across all of the legs of the World Circuit for the year, he earned 1600 points, tying for rank of sixth overall with Dario Verani of Italy amongst all male competitors.[20]

2023

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In January 2023, at the year's Australian Open Water Championships, Sloman finished in a time of 55:20.96 in the 5 kilometre open water swim to place second less than one-tenth of a second behind Kyle Lee.[21] Two months later, he was named to the 2023 World Aquatics Championships roster for Swimming Australia in the 10 kilometre open water swim.[22] In April, at the 2023 Australian Swimming Championships in Gold Coast, Queensland, he won the bronze medal in the 1500 metre freestyle with a 15:18.20 and placed ninth in the 400 metre freestyle with a 3:55.98.[23]

International championships

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Meet 5 kilometre 10 kilometre open water team relay
PAC 2018
(age: 20)		 — 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
(1:59:20.8)		 —
WC 2019
(age: 21)		 21st
(1:49:22.7)		 5th
(4×1250 m – 54:36.8)
WC 2022
(age: 24)		 10th
(54:28.4)		 8th
(1:51:58.1)		 6th
(4×1500 m – 1:05:30.8)

Marathon Swim World Series circuits

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The following medals Sloman has won at Marathon Swim World Series circuits.[24]

Edition Individual Relay Total
Gold Silver Bronze Gold Silver Bronze
2019 1 1 0 – – – 2
2022 0 1 1 0 2 0 4
Total 1 2 1 0 2 0 6

References

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  1. ^ "Nicholas Sloman". FINA. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  2. ^ Brien, Taylor (4 July 2018). "Australia Announces 33 Swimmer Roster for 2018 Pan Pacific Championships". Swimming World. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Pan Pacific Swimming Championships 2018: Results Men 10 km". Seiko. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  4. ^ Dheensaw, Cleve (13 August 2018). "Victoria's Eric Hedlin surfaces with Pan Pacific 10K silver". Times Colonist. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  5. ^ "Pallister and Sloman win ocean swim titles with fast legs". Surf Life Saving Australia. 31 March 2019. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  6. ^ FINA (2019). "Aquatics World Magazine: Wings Over The Water Gwangju 2019". Russian Swimming Federation. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  7. ^ a b FINA (16 July 2019). "18th FINA World Championships Gwangju (KOR): Men's 10km Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  8. ^ "FINA/CNSG Marathon Swim World Series 2019 – Leg 8: Results Men 10km". FINA. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  9. ^ "Dolphins Open Water team named for World Championships". Swimming Australia. 8 March 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  10. ^ FINA (26 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Mixed 6km Relay Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  11. ^ FINA (27 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 5km Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  12. ^ Moore, Glenn (27 June 2022). "Places of eight for Aussies in water". Seven News. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  13. ^ FINA (29 June 2022). "19th FINA World Championships Budapest (HUN): Men's 10km Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  14. ^ Arcobelli, Stefano (10 July 2022). "Paltrinieri fa vincere la staffetta. Galossi e la piccola Italia d'oro" (in Italian). La Gazzetta dello Sport. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  15. ^ "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 – Leg 2: Results Men 10km". FINA. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  16. ^ "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 – Leg 3: Results Men 10km". FINA. 27 August 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  17. ^ Csurka, Gergely (28 August 2022). "Nyílt vízi úszás: Betlehem Dávid első egyéni vk-dobogója" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  18. ^ Pérez, Marta (11 November 2022). "El relevo español, quinto en las Series Mundiales de Eilat" (in Spanish). Mundo Deportivo. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  19. ^ "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022 – Leg 5: Results Men 10km". FINA. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  20. ^ "FINA Marathon Swim World Series 2022: Men Ranking 2022". FINA. 12 November 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  21. ^ Hanson, Ian (28 January 2023). "Local WA Hero Kyle Lee Wins A 5Km Thriller With Nic Sloman In A Fitting Finale To Australian Open Water Championships". Swimming World. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
  22. ^ "Dolphins named for Open Water World Championships". Swimming Australia. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  23. ^ "Meet Results: 2023 Australian Swimming Championships". Swimming Australia. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  24. ^ "Nicholas Sloman: Medals". FINA. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
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