Julia Wittig
Julia Wittig (born 1979) is a 40-year-old German schoolteacher and ice swimmer from Burghausen in Bavaria, Germany, representing the club Serwus Burghausen.
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Open Water Swimming Highlights
- She set the 200m freestyle International Winter Swimming Association world record of 2:23.08 at the 2018 Winter Swimming World Championships in Tallinn, Estonia on 7 March 2018.
- She won the 1000m freestyle at the 2020 Winter Swimming World Championships.
- She wrote a 208-page technical book on ice swimming called Wie du dich körperlich und mental richtig vorbereitest und Grenzen überwindest that was published by Riva on 2 November 2021, ISBN 978-3-7423-1914.
- She set an International Winter Swimming Association world record in the 200m freestyle on 7 March 2018 at the Winter Swimming World Championships 2018 in Tallinn, Estonia in 2.23.08.
- Wittig tied an ice kilometer world record of 13 minutes 58 seconds (by Sabrina Wiedmer of Switzerland) in an ice kilometer at the Aqua Sphere German Open Ice Swimming Championships in Burghausen, Germany in 3.9°C water.
- Wittig won a gold medal while setting a new ice kilometer world record of 13 minutes 13 seconds 58 seconds at the 2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Germany in 2-3°C water.
- Wittig finished second in the SuperFinal 500m freestyle at the 2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Germany in 3°C water.
- Wittig finished second at the 1 km ice kilometer at the 2018 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere German Open in Burghausen, Germany.
- Wittig finished 10th in the 200m freestyle and 3rd in the 450m freestyle event at the 11th Winter Swimming World Championships in Tallinn, Estonia in March 2018.
- Wittig set an International Winter Swimming Association record in the 200m freestyle on 7 March 2018 at the 2018 Winter Swimming World Championships in Tallinn, Estonia in 2.23.08.
- She was named one of the World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women in 2017 by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
- She was named one of the World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women in 2019 by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
- On 16 February 2019, she set an age-group Ice Kilometer world record in the 40-44 year division in 13 minutes 19.62 seconds in Freizeitverein Altenwörth, Austria.
- She finished 4th overall in the International Ice Swimming Association's first IISA World Cup Series in 2019.
- On 6 February 2020, she won the 40-44 age group and overall 200m freestyle title at the International Winter Swimming Association world championships in 2:24.62 in Lake Bled, Slovenia.
2017 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Nominees
Wittig was nominated for the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year by the World Open Water Swimming Association:
1. Katherine Batts (Great Britain)
2. Dr. Caroline Block (USA)
3. Arianna Bridi (Italy)
4. Chloë McCardel (Australia)
5. Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil)
6. Pat Gallant-Charette (USA)
7. Ludmila Maller (Russia)
8. Jaimie Monahan (USA)
9. Aurélie Muller (France)
10. Barbara Pozzobón (Italy)
11. Sarah Thomas (USA)
12. Julia Wittig (Germany)
2017 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Nomination
Julia Wittig has always been a fast swimmer, but the German schoolteacher became the world’s dominant and fastest ice swimmer in the world in 2017. The 38-year-old swims in nearly frozen venues as if sub-0°C air and nearly freezing water temperatures do not matter. She won the 1 km Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Germany's Lake Wöhrsee in 13 minutes 58 seconds, a time so fast that would have placed her fourth overall in the men’s race. For setting a 1 km world record in 3.9°C water that was ratified by the International Ice Swimming Association, for showing the potential for speed in a dramatic final at the Burghausen venue, for getting second in the 500m world ice swimming championship in a time that would have placed her third overall in the men’s race, Julia Wittig is a worthy nominee for the 2017 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year.
2017 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women
Wittig was named to the 2017 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women by the World Open Water Swimming Association. The women are listed below, alphabetically by last name:
1. Patti Bauernfeind, marathon/channel/relay swimmer from the USA
2. Carina Bruwer, marathon/channel/charity event swimmer from South Africa
3. Charlotte Brynn, marathon/channel/ice swimmer and coach from New Zealand/USA
4. Jessie Campbell, ice/winter swimmer from Great Britain
5. Kimberley Chambers, marathon/channel/extreme/cross-border swimmer from New Zealand/USA
6. Devon Clifford, marathon/channel/open water swimmer from the USA
7. Jackie Cobell, channel/extreme/ice swimmer from Great Britain
8. Lorna Cochran, open water swimmer from South Africa
9. Olive Conroy, ice/winter swimmer from Ireland
10. Anna DeLozier, ice/winter swimmer from the USA
11. Beth French, channel swimmer from Great Britain
12. Elizabeth Fry, marathon/channel swimmer and event organizer from USA
13. Pat Gallant-Charette, channel/marathon swimmer from the USA
14. Pilar Geijo, professional marathon swimmer from Argentina
15. Ines Hahn, ice/winter/professional marathon swimmer from Germany
16. Jessi Harewicz, marathon/channel swimmer from Canada
17. Mariel Hawley Dávila, marathon/channel/cross-border swimmer from Mexico
18. Bárbara Hernández Huerta, winter/extreme swimmer from Chile
19. Bridgette Hobart, event organizer and marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
20. Elaine Howley, marathon/charity/ice swimmer and writer from the USA
21. Linda Kaiser, channel swimmer, advisor and administrator from the USA
22. Lori King, marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
23. Tita Llorens, marathon/channel swimmer from Spain
24. Marcy MacDonald, DPM, marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
25. Elina Makïnen, ice/winter swimmer from Finland
26. Angela Maurer, professional marathon swimmer and Olympian from Germany
27. Chloë McCardel, marathon/channel swimmer and coach from Australia
28. Tiffany McQueen, ocean/marathon swimmer from the USA
29. Sally Minty-Gravett, marathon/channel swimmer and coach from Great Britain (Jersey)
30. Jaimie Monahan, ice/winter/marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
31. Nuala Moore, marathon/ice swimmer, second, author and lecturer from Ireland
32. Victoria Mori, ice/winter/professional marathon swimmer from Argentina
33. Tina Neill, marathon/channel/backstroker/extreme relay swimmer from the USA
34. Anna-Carin Nordin, Oceans Seven/ice swimmer from Sweden
35. Renata Nováková, ice/winter swimmer from the Czech Republic
36. Magda Okurková, ice/winter swimmer from the Czech Republic
37. Penny Palfrey, channel/marathon/extreme swimmer from Australia
38. Ranie Pearce, marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
39. Cheryl Reinke, marathon swimmer from the USA
40. Charlotte Samuels, marathon/channel swimmer from the USA
41. Susan Simmons, marathon swimmer with Multiple Sclerosis from Canada
42. Kate Steels-Fryatt, polar ice miler and ice/winter swimmer from Great Britain
43. Sarah Thomas, marathon/extreme swimmer from the USA
44. Nora Toledano Cadena, marathon/channel/cross-border swimmer from Mexico
45. Natalie du Toit, professional marathon swimmer and Olympian from South Africa
46. Wendy Trehiou, marathon/channel swimmer from Great Britain (Jersey)
47. Wendy Van De Sompele, marathon swimmer and administrator from the USA
48. Samantha Whelpton, winter/ice swimmer from South Africa
49. Sabrina Wiedmer, ice/winter/marathon/channel swimmer from Switzerland
50. Julia Wittig, ice/winter swimmer from Germany
External links
- 200m Freestyle at the International Winter Swimming Association World Championships
- Alisa Fatum Dominant in the IISA World Championship Heads to the Winter Swimming World Championships
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- IISA Ice Swimming World Records + History’s Top 3
- IWSA Winter Swimming World Records
- International Ice Swimming Association 4th World Championship Is On, As Scheduled
- Alisa Fatum, Queen Of Both The Ice And Winter Swimming World Championships
- Alisa Fatum Goes 2 For 2 At International Winter Swimming World Championships
- Alisa Fatum Blasts Fast 200m At International Winter Swimming World Championships
- Alisa Fatum Blasts Fast 200m At International Winter Swimming World Championships
- International Ice Swimming Association Frozen News
- 2017 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women
- Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships Venue
- Realizing The Vision Of Ice Swimming In Burghausen
- Explosive Growth Of Ice Swimming, 120 To Delve Deeply
- Julia Wittig Wins World Ice Swimming Championships
- Petar Stoychev Wins World Ice Swimming Championships
- The Look Of Ice Swimmers In Burghausen
- Getting Ready for 2-3°C Water
- The Explosive Growth Of Ice Swimming 120 To Delve Deeply
- What Is Ice Swimming?
- Tapering For An Ice Swimming
- Protecting The Feet In Ice Swimming
- Training For Competitive Ice Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- International Ice Swimming Association
- For Swimmers With Ice Water in Their Veins, an Event to Match
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Discomfort Gives Way To Speed For Julia Wittig
- Ram Barkai To Make Ice Swimming Announcements
- Cold Water Speed, Embrace The Ice
- 2019 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women
- Sven Elfferich Sets Ice Kilometer World Record In Austria - Weltrekord im Eisschwimmen in Österreich
- World Record Holders To Face Off In Cold, Cold Murmansk
- World Record Holders To Be Honored In Murmansk
- Alisa Fatum Wins 2019 IISA World Cup Series
