Winter Swimming Championships
The Winter Swimming World Championships have been held in various locations including Lake Bled in Slovenia, Helsinki, Jyväskylä, Kajaani, Muonio, Oulu, London, Latvia, Rovaniemi, Finland, and Tyumen, Russia on 8-12 March 2016. It is one of the World's Top 100 Open Water Swims for 2014.
Contents
Events
The races at the World Winter Swimming Championships include the following:
- 25 meter breaststroke
- 25 meter freestyle
- 50 meter freestyle
- Polar Bears - 50 meter swim without timing
- Seals - 25 meter swim without timing
- Young Seals - Dip in the water
- Endurance swim 450 meters
- Breaststroke relays 4 x 25 meters (note: team must include both genders)
- International freestyle relays 4 x 25 meters
Locations and Number of Winter World Swimming Championship Participants
2000 - Helsinki, Finland - 500 swimmers
2001 - Jyväskylä, Finland - 700 swimmers
2002 - Kajaani, Finland - 650 swimmers
2004 - Muonio, Finland - 300 swimmers
2006 - Oulu, Finalnd - 980 swimmers
2008 - London, Great Britain - 680 swimmers
2010 - Bled, Slovenia - 790 swimmers
2012 - Latvia
2014 - Rovaniemi, Finland
2015 - Tyumen, Russia - 1,500 swimmers expected
2018 - Tallinn, Estonia
2022 - Bled, Slovenia
Video
2016 Winter Swimming Championships in Tyumen
Video courtesy of Colin Hill of Chillswim
International Winter Swimming Association World Cup Series
The IWSA World Cup or International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming World Cup circuit (WSWC) is a 5-part 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.
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
- 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
- Michał Perl and Franziska Partheymüller Look To Replicate Ice Swimming Success at the Winter Swimming World Championships
- The Extremely Cold Water Perception Scale
- International Winter Swimming Association Announces Its 2022/2023 Calendar
- Winter Swimmers Training For Bled
- 2022 World Winter Swimming Championships
- Register for the 2022 Winter Swimming World Championships
- Boguslaw Ogrodnik Is Extreme Many Times Over
- Bárbara Hernández Huerta, The Ice Mermaid, Crosses Lake Chungará At 4,560m
- The Swimming Life Of Bárbara Hernández Huerta
- Open Water Swimming
- Bucket Lists Of Ice Swimming
- What Was The Most Impactful Open Water Swim In World History?
- Jade Perry, Christof Wandratsch Wins 1st Stage Winter Swimming World Cup
- Winter Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- 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
- Winter Swimming Championships
- 2016 World Winter Swimming Championships Presentation
- World Winter Swimming Championships website
- Should Ice Swimming Be In The Olympics? Yes!
- If Ice Swimming Were In The Olympics, What Are The Rules?
- Winter Swimming World Championships 2014
- 2010 Winter Swimming
- Winter Swimming Bled Cup
- Lake Bled Winter Swimming Cup
- Strel Swimming Adventures
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Should Ice Swimming Be In The Olympics? Yes!
- If Ice Swimming Were In The Olympics, What Are The Rules?
- One Of The Most Amazing 100m Freestyles In The World
- Bled Winter Swimming Cup 2014
- Winter Olympics Is…Daring, Entertaining And Athletic
- Warming Up For The Winter Swimming Championships
- Freezing Freestyle, Magda Okurkova-style
- Christof Wandratsch Extends His Reach To The Cold
- Michael Ventre's Unforgettable Experience In Rovaniemi
- United States Winter Swimming Association
- Cold, Icy And Happy At The Winter Swimming Championship
- White Winter Wonderland In America
- International Winter Swimming Association Facebook page
- 2016 Winter Swimming World Championships
- @mostextremeswim
- Most Extreme Swims
- Baltic Ice
- NYC Winter Swim
- Winter Swimming World Championships 2016
- Swim Siberia
- Brave Bavaria
- Exotic East
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- All Ice Swimming, Most Extreme Swims
- Hats Off To Winter Swimmers
- 2016 Scandinavian Winter Swimming Championships
- 2015-2016 IWSA Winter Swimming World Cup
- Jim Boucher Quadruples Up In Tyumen
- Ellery McGowan Adds Another 3 World Titles In The Ice
- 200m Frozen Freestyle At Winter World Championships
- Petar Stoychev, Victoria Mori Win 450m World Titles
- 2016 Winter Swimming World Championships - Live Cam
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming World Cup
- 200m Frozen Freestyle At Winter World Championships
- International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming World Cup Facebook page
- International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming Instagram page
- Capri Djatiasmoro, Tough In Tyumen
- Smiling And Swimming
- If Dmitriy Can Dream It, He Can Help Build It
- Why Swim In 0ºC Water?
- Anna-Carin Nordin Honored By The Hall Of Fame
- Yaroslav Pronin Dominates Winter World Championships
- Tobias Wybierek, Aleksandra Bednarek Victorious In Tallinn
- Body Types For Fast Swimming In Freezing Water
- Tuck Talk By Winter Swimmer Martha Wood
- Bárbara Hernández Huerta, La Sirena De Hielo
- The Swimming Life Of Bárbara Hernández Huerta
- Starts And Turns In Ice Swimming Competitions
- [https://www.openwaterswimming.com/2019/04/winning-international-winter-swimming/ Winning International Winter Swimming Associ
