Jelgava
Jelgava is a city in central Latvia about 41 kilometers southwest of Riga with about 63,000 inhabitants. It is the largest town in the region of Zemgale.
It is site of the International Winter Swimming Association World Cup Series (or IWSA World Cup or WSWC), a winter swimming competitive circuit organized by the International Winter Swimming Association, headed by chairperson Mariia Yrjö-Koskinen of Finland and co-organizer Aleksandr Jakovlevs of Latvia.is a 5-part winter swimming series.
2015-2016 Winter Swimming World Cup Stages
Stage 1: 7th Jelgavas Roni Cup on 7 November 2015 in Jelgava, Latvia
Stage 2: 4th Big Chill Swim on 6-7 February 2016 in Windermere, England
Stage 3: 5th Scandinavian Winter Swimming Championships on 13-14 February 2016 in Skellefteå, Sweden
Stage 4: 7th Pirita Open on 27 February 2016 in Tallinn, Estonia
Stage 5: 10th Winter Swimming World Championships on 8-12 March 2016 in Tyumen, Russia
Winter Swimming World Cup Series
International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming World Cup is held in various countries around the world.
External links
- 2020-2021 International Winter Swimming Association Calendar
- Open Winter Swimming Championships Jelgavas Roni Cup
- Jade Perry, Christof Wandratsch Wins 1st Stage Winter Swimming World Cup
- International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming World Cup
- International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming World Cup Facebook page
- International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming Instagram page
- Big Chill Swim
- Colin Hill Is In Cold Water
- Chilling Out In A Glacial Groove
- Marathon Swimming
- Big Chill Inspires
- Turning Blue In The Cold Water
- Chilling With Colin
- The Most Interesting Man In The World Facing Danger
- Blanketed In White, Dressed In Blue, All Ready To Go
- Open Water Swimming
- Jelgava Seals Cup
- Jelgavas Roni
- Winter Swimming World Championships 2014
- Winter Swimming Championships 2012
- Alesandr Jakovlev Doing It All In The Extreme
- Cool TV - Blue Peter Films At Big Chill Swim
- The Patience, Positivity, And Power Of Adrian Sarchet
- Chilling In Ullswater And Windermere
- Cooperative Camaraderie In The Cold
- WOWSA...Swimmers To Be Celebrated At Big Chill Swim
- 2015 WOWSA Awards - Performance Of The Year Voting
- Lewis Pugh To Present WOWSA Awards At Big Chill Swim
- Honoring Heroes At Low Wood Bay Resort
- Warm-water Swimmers Head Towards The Ice
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- The Cold Facts Of Winter Swimming
- The Words Of The Winter and Ice Swimming Community
- International Winter Swimming Association
- International Ice Swimming Association
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Afterdrop of body temperature during rewarming: an alternative explanation
- Medical Dictionary
- Open Water Swimming
- Just Get On With It
- Mind Over Matter, Swimming 1000m @ 0ºC
- Swimming In Siberia, Russian Winter Swimming Champs
- Fearless And Frozen At The Bottom Of The World
- Shivering By An Open Water Swimmer Like...
- How Far Can They Go In The Cold Water?
- Scandinavian Winter Swimming Championships
- World Open Water Swimming Championships
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Backstage With Christof Wandratsch At The Big Chill Swim
- Suzan On Swimmer Safety
- Scandinavian Winter Swimming Championships
- Jaimie Monahan, Marathoning Around The World
- [https://openwaterswimming.com/2019/04/winning-international-winter-swimming/ Winning International Winter Swimming Associ