Sabrina Wiedmer
Sabrina Wiedmer (born 12 October 1988) is a 27-year-old Swiss former competitive backstroker living in Dublin, Ireland. She is an ice swimmer with two world records to her credit, a channel swimmer with two Oceans Seven channels to her credit, and a member of Eastern Bay Swim Team and Schwimm Club Delfin, Uetendorf in Switzerland.
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Open Water Swimming Career
- 2013: completed a 16 km Cork to Cobh Swim in Cork, Ireland on 14 September 2013 in 3 hours 10 minutes, fastest time on this course
- 2014: swam the 21 km length of Lake Thun in Switzerland on 25 May 2014 in 6 hours 3 minutes
- 2014: crossed the 34 km North Channel from Donaghadee (Northern Ireland) to (Portpatrick) Scotland on 7 July 2014 in 10 hours 3 minutes, the third fastest time in history in 12°C water
- 2014: completed a 16 km Cork to Cobh Swim in Cork, Ireland on 14 September 2014 in 3 hours 56 minutes
- 2014: competed in the 1.6 km Eastern Bay International Ice Mile in Lough Dan, Co. Wicklow, Ireland on 17 February 2014 25 minutes 51 seconds in 3.3 °C water and 3°C air to set the fastest Ice Mile record for women. She was the first Swiss swimmer to complete an Ice Mile.
- 2014: nominated for the Leinster Open Water Swimmer of the Year
- 2015: completed a 38 km two-way crossing of Windermere in the United Kingdom, starting in Fell Foot on 4 July 2015 in 11 hours 9 minutes as a training swim
- 2015: completed a 38 km two-way crossing of Windermere in the United Kingdom, starting in Fell Foot on 1 August 2015 in 10 hours 18 minutes in 16°C water, organised by the British Long Distance Swimming Association as a night swim
- 2015: won the Senior Female Swimmer of the Year Award nominated by the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association
- 2016: completed a 12 km Tory Sound Swim from Magheroarty on the Irish mainland to Tormore Point, Tory Island in Donegal, Ireland on 11 June 2016 in 3 hours 21 minutes, escorted by Infinity Channel Swimming together with John McElroy and Jack Boyle
- 2016: crossed the 32.2 km Dál Riata Channel from Mull of Kintyre to Cushendal on 29 June 2016 in 8 hours 30 minutes, the first successful crossing by a female and first female attempt in 88 years in 10°C-11°C water, escorted by Infinity Channel Swimming. She broke the existing record of Wayne Soutter who the Dál Riata Channel Swim from Scotland to Ireland in 2012 in 12 hours 11 minutes.
- 2016: crossed the 35 km Loch Lomond from Ardlui to Balloch in Scotland on 21 August 2016 in 10 hours 29 minutes in 16°C water, organised by the British Long Distance Swimming Association as a night swim
- 2016: tied the women's world record in the 1 km ice swim in 13 minutes 58 seconds on 30 January 2016 in Wild Water Armagh in Northern Ireland at the 2nd annual Ireland Ice Swimming Championships, ratified by the International Ice Swimming Association, in 4.5°C water
- 2016: she was nominated for the 2016 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year category in the WOWSA Awards, a recognition of outstanding men, women, performances and offerings around the globe sponsored by the World Open Water Swimming Association
- 2016: she won the 2016 Female Senior Swimmer of the Year Award (Live Vote) and the 2016 Leinster Open Water Swimmer of the Year Award from the Irish Long Distance Swimming Association.
- 2017: she completed the 1000m freestyle at the 2017 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships in Burghausen, Bavaria, Germany.
- 2017: she completed the 10 km Rathlin Sound swim in 2 hours 9 minutes
- On 28 May 2022, she finished 19th overall in the 7.5 km Battle of Carlingford Lough Swim in Ireland in 1:46:12.
Dál Riata Channel Crossing
Courtesy of Infinity Channel Swimming and Piloting Services
Tory Sound Swim
Courtesy of Infinity Channel Swimming and Piloting Services
World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Nomination
Sabrina Wiedmer doesn't like the cold or jellyfish. But once she started open water swimming in her adopted Ireland, she learned to compartmentalize the discomfort of the cold and eventually set a women's record in the Ice Mile in 25:51 and later tied a world record in the Ice Kilometer in 13:58. A former sprint backstroker in Switzerland, Wiedmer quickly extended her reach to win local sea swims in Ireland and then cross one of the world's mightiest channel swims: the 21-mile North Channel between Northern Ireland and Scotland. She also completed a Tory Island crossing, a Loch Lomond crossing, and set the record for the Dál Riata Channel after listening to channel veterans and studying from past attempts. For learning how to effectively deal with the cold and marine life while setting two world records, for maintaining a wide smile and positively joyful attitude as she transformed from a pool sprinter to a hardened ice swimmer and a tough channel swimmer, for effectively acclimating to sub-5ºC water and across turbulent channels, Sabrina Wiedmer is a worthy nominee for the 2016 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year.
2017 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women
Bauernfeind 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
- Paul Georgescu, Jessika Robson Have Skin In The Game: Win The Battle of Carlingford Lough Swim
- 2017 World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Women
- Sabrina Wiedmer North Channel Swim
- Ice Milers Show Warmth
- International Ice Swimming Association
- Top (Ice) Milers In History
- Rostislav Vitek Breaks Ice Mile Record
- 2016 Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Awards
- Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Official Website
- Irish Long Distance Swimming Association Facebook Page
- Open Water Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Wild Water Lives Up To Its Name In Armagh
- Sabrina Wiedmer Completes Crossing Of Dál Riata Channel
- Celtic Kippers Cross The North Channel
- Sabrina Wiedmer Swims The North Channel
- Sabrina Wiedmer Hat North Channel Durchschwommen
- She became a star, without realizing it
- World Record Ice Kilometre For Sabrina Wiedmer
- Irish Swimmer Ice Swim Records
- Ice Swim World Record Breaker
- International Ice Swimming Association
- Sabrina Wiedmer Becomes First Woman To Cross The Dál Riata Channel
- Neue Rekord Leistung von Sabrina Wiedmer
- Sabrina Wiedmer Used To Swimming Against The Tide
- 2016 WOWSA Awards Nominees
- 2016 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nominees
- 2016 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Nominees
- 2016 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Nominees
- 2016 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominees
- Sabrina, Swiss Swimming Spectacularly
- Explosive Growth Of Ice Swimming, 120 To Delve Deeply
- Anna Ray DeLozier Feeling Good In 2.8°C Water
- Rachael Lee, Sabrina Wiedmer, Nuala Moore Up For Awards
- Rachael Lee Wins Outsider Of The Year
- The Legacy Of Loch Lomond
- 2WW Swimmers In History
- Sabrina Wiedmer Rushes Round Rathlin
- Discomfort Gives Way To Speed For Julia Wittig
- Ram Barkai To Make Ice Swimming Announcements
- Cold Water Speed, Embrace The Ice
