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David Coleman
David Coleman is a 62-year-old open water swimmer, ice swimmer and Ice Ironman from Loddington, New Zealand.
Open Water Swimming Career Highlights
- On 14 January 2017, he completed his Ice Mile in Hatfield Outdoor Centre, England in 38 minutes 0 seconds in 4.57°C water and 4.0°C air temperature.
- On 30 December 2016, he completed a 1.2 km Ice Kilometer in Wadenhoe, Northamptonshire in 24 minutes 0 seconds in 4.5°C water and 0.0°C air temperature.
- He became an Ice Ironman when he completed a full Ironman Triathlon.
- He will compete in the Ice Kilometer at the 3rd International Ice Swimming Association World Championship held in Murmansk, Russia in March 2019.
Swimming with Shivers
Coleman wrote a story for Swimming With Shivers, a book co-authored by Claire Bunker-Fellingham and Gary Standen]], about true stories from, by and about open water swimmers doing cold water swimming, winter swimming, and ice swimming. The stories in Swimming with Shivers are from, by and about Carl Atkinson, Deborah Banks, Ram Barkai, Jo Barkwith, Andy Bennett, Katie Blair, Sylvia Bland, Gideon Bright, Claire Bunker-Fellingham, Judith Charman, Sze-Ming Cheung, Chillswim, Tracy Clark, Phil Coombe, Talbott Crowell, Ned Denison, Nick Dorey, Dryrobe, Ros Edmonds, Rory Fitzgerald, Daniel Gilmore, Will Glendinning, Gone Swimming, Rebecca Goodson, Julie Gregory, Shaun Hales, Happy Cold Swimming, Louise Hazelton, Colin Hill, Elaine Howley, International Ice Swimming Association, Roni Jelgavas, Mark Johansen, Jody Jones, Ele Jump, Ger Kennedy, Ivan Lewis, Julie Lloyd, Jules McRobbie, Sally Minty-Gravett MBE, Jaimie Monahan, Steven Munatones, Diane Murphy Weaver, Jim Nyberg, Barry O'Connor, Outdoor Swimmer, Simon Parkin, Lisa Peake, Kevin Proctor, Jane Saycet, Val Smith, Fergal Somerville, Jodi Songhurst, Gary Standen, Lucy Stansfield, Kate Steels-Fryatt, Swimming With Smiles Book, Tidal Wave Fitness, Jonty Warneken, Karen Weir, Haydn Welch, Samantha Whelpton, Emily Whittaker, and Nicola Wood.
External links
- Swimming With Shivers
- Swimming With Smiles
- Swimming with Smiles
- Special Offer
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- I Got Stung
- International Ice Swimming Association
- Swimming With Shivers And Smiles
- David Coleman International Ice Swimming Association bio
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Extremely Hardened Athletes: Ice Ironmen, Ice Ironwomen
- Who's Who In The Men's Ice Swimming World
