Kosatka DV organizes and trains people for extreme swims, eco-marathon swimming relays, and other open water swimming adventures.

About

Kosatka DV‘s renowned reputation goes far beyond the port city in eastern Russia. The club organizes and trains people for extreme swims, eco-marathon swimming relays, and other open water swimming adventures with a goal of marine conservationism and environmentalism in Far East Russia

Why it was nominated

For organizing the 75 km Amur River Swim by an 8-swimmer relay ending in Khabarovsk and the 160 km Peter the Great Gulf Swim by a 16-swimmer relay around the Empress Eugénie Archipelago in the sea around Vladivostok, for staging the 50 km Lake Baikal Crossing by a 5-swimmer relay across the famous Lake Baikal and the 75 km Russky Round Swim around the Russky Island by 14 swimmers south of Vladivostok, and for training, leading and motivating cold water swimmers of all ages, abilities and backgrounds to challenge themselves in distant extreme eco-swimming relays in unspoilt waterway

Country

Russia

Type of Offering

Team

The Creator(s)

Oleg Dokuchaev