Elina Mäkinen Flies To Victory At International Winter Swimming World Championships Courtesy of International Winter Swimming World Championships, Lake Bled, Slovenia. Elina Mäkinen is one of the superstars of the winter swimming circuit. And she showed why with a quick 14.91 second victory in the 25m butterfly race at the 2020 International Winter
Aleksandra Bednarek Wins International Winter Swimming World Championships 100m Breaststroke Courtesy of International Winter Swimming World Championships, Lake Bled, Slovenia. Aleksandra Bednarek of Poland won the 100m breaststroke at the 2020 International Winter Swimming World Championships in 1:20.94, just a bit faster than Marion Joffle who finished
Hanna Bakuniak Joins Ice Milers In Poland Courtesy of Hanna Bakuniak, Gdansk, Poland. After finishing 3rd overall in the Ice Kilometer at the IISA 3rd World Championship in Murmansk, Russia and finishing 2nd overall in the 2019 International Ice Swimming Association World Cup Series, 23-year-old Hanna Bakuniak decided to swim a longer distance in cold
Erin Churchill Becomes 7th Iron Icewoman Courtesy of WOWSA, Cochiti Lake in New Mexico, USA. On December 14th, Erin Churchill joined Kellie Joyce Latimer (2014), Jaimie Monahan (2016), Claire Bustin-Mulkern (2017), Conny Prasser (2017), Corinna Nolan (2018), Elina Mäkinen (2018) as the world's only Iron Icewomen. She first completed a 12 hour 30 minute
Photos courtesy of Nuala Moore of Ireland. Elina Makïnen, a young Finnish ice swimmer is nominated for the 2015 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year for her global accomplishments. Not only did she swim in various winter swimming competitions, but she also participated in the famed group of ice swimmers with Henri Kaarma, Ryan Stramrood, Anna
Courtesy of Fast and Frozen, North Channel between Scotland and Northern Ireland. Fast and Frozen is nominated for the World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year for its unprecedented 2-way North Channel crossing between Northern Ireland and Scotland in 29 hours 57 minutes, escorted by Pádraig Mallon's Infinity Channel Swimming. Its members
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. The 'Fast and Frozen' 2-way North Channel relay team completed its unprecedented journey across the North Channel from Ireland to Scotland to Ireland. The team of famed ice swimmers included Henri Kaarma from Estonia, Ryan Stramrood from South Africa, Anna Carin-Nordin from Sweden, Patrick Corcoran from
Courtesy of Nuala Moore from inside the Polar Circle. The average age of the fastest men in the 1000m race at the recent International Ice Swimming Championships in Murmansk, Russia was 35-48 while the average age for the fastest women was nearly half or 18-24. But young or older, their times for swimming in 0.8°C water and -7°C air temperatures were
Courtesy of Nuala Moore. Like Ireland’s Sandycove among Channel swimmers, like Cape Town for pioneer swimmers, Tallinn, like Perth for competitive ocean swimmers, Estonia has developed into an epicenter of a niche in the open water swimming world. The Prita River is the venue where many accomplished cold water swimmers emerge. The 6th Pirita Open
Photography and reporting courtesy of Nuala Moore of Ireland. Elina Makinen led off a blazing fast 4 x 25m freestyle relay with the Viimsi Veeklubi relay at the recent Pirita Open, 2015 Estonian Winter Swimming Championships. Makinen, Henri Kaarma, Bruno Nopponen and Andres Olvik finished in 54.19 seconds over second-place Ujumise Spordiklubi in 54.50
