Carmel Collins

Carmel Collins accepting Guinness World Record certificate from Kimberly Patrick at the WOWSA Ocean Fest on 5 October 2019 in Redondo Beach, California

Carmel Collins speaking at the WOWSA Ocean Fest on 5 October 2019 in Redondo Beach, California

Carmel Collins is a 44-year-old Irish open water swimmer from Cork.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

• She completed a Marathon Ice Swim of 3.3 km in 57 minutes 45 seconds in 4.63°C water and 8.0°C air on 21 February 2016 in Wild Water Armagh in Ireland at the age of 36.
• She participated in the Eastern Bay Swim Team Invitational Ice Swim with Patrick Corkery, John Daly, Donal Buckley, Colm Breathnach, and Fergal Somerville on 24 February 2014 in 4.6ºC water on 24 February 2014 + 4.00°C air for 1.00 mile in 41:05
• She is a certified ice miler by the International Ice Swimming Association.
• She attended Ned Denison’s 2014 Cork Distance Week in Ireland.
• She swam from Ballycotton Pier, Co. Cork to Ardmore Pier, Co. Waterford, Ireland on 23 August 2015.
• She completed the 4th Eastern Bay Invitational International Ice Mile Swim in Lough Dan Scout Centre, County Wicklow, south of Dublin, Ireland on 6 February 2016 in 29:15.
• She swam a total distance of 3.3 km or 2.05 miles in 4.63°C water in the Wild Water pool at Conroy Pond in Armagh, Ireland on 21 February 2016 in a time of 57:45 to set an International Ice Swimming Association record and a Guinness World Record for the Longest Distance Ice Swim by a Female.
• She participated in the 2016 Cork Distance Week in Cork, Ireland and then completed a swim across the North Channel.
• On 26 May 2016, she completed the 6.5 km Battle of Carlingford Lough in Ireland in 1 hour 49 minutes 49 seconds.
• On 5 July 2016, she completed a 45 km North Channel crossing from Northern Ireland to Scotland in 15 hours 58 minutes 21 seconds.
• In 2015, she completed a 10 km swim from Myrtleville to Monkstown, Ireland.
• She finished 24rd in the ice kilometer at the 2016 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Bavaria, Germany.

External links

• Marathon Ice Swimmers, Hardened To The Core
• 7 Stages of Cold Water Swimming – The Cold Water Perception Scale
• The Longest Ice Swim Challenge Achieved by Krzysztof Gajewski
• Going Where No Man Has Gone Before: Krzysztof Kubiak Swims 3,750 meters In 4.3°C Water
• Breaking Distance In The Ice
• How Cold Can Cold Get?
• Paul Georgescu Sets Another World Record
• International Ice Swimming Association bio
• 15 Swimmers recognized at WOWSA awards in Los Angeles
• Guinness World Record Ice Mile Distance
• Ordinarily Extraordinary At Wild Water Armagh
• International Ice Swimming Association Ireland
• 4th Eastern Bay Invitational International Ice Mile Swim
• International Ice Swimming Association
• Cork Distance Week Alumni Success
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• Daily News of Open Water Swimming
• The Many Meanings Of DNF
• Open Water Swimming
• Ice Milers Show Warmth
• International Ice Swimming Association
• Top (Ice) Milers In History
• Rostislav Vitek Breaks Ice Mile Record
• John Ryan Out-miles Fergal Somerville, Carole Laporte
• Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
• Discomfort Gives Way To Speed For Julia Wittig