Leszek Naziemiec talks about ice swimming's potential and its future at the World Championships and Winter Olympic Games
Tetyana Afanasyeva shared a good cartoon about ice swimming - with fewer than 100 days until the IISA 4th World Championship Głogów 2022 where the world's most accomplished, fastest and most experienced cold water swimmers will gather to compete. Entries to the following events open on November 1st - register here to attend the world championships in
Kinga Korin set a Guinness World Record for the Most Northernly Ice Swim by a Female
Krzysztof Kubiak of Poland swam for 3,750 meters in 4.48°C water that took him 1 hour 4 minutes 30 seconds, a new International Ice Swimming Association world record
Krzysztof Kubiak swam for 3,750 meters in 4.3°C - 4.5°C water that took him 1 hour 4 minutes 30 seconds.
Leszek Naziemiec completes an unprecedented 10.5 km crossing of Lake Titicaca
Courtesy of KAATSU Global, Huntington Beach, California. "Cold, there is nothing like it in the open water. Cold water is hard to enter, it is hard to endure, it is hard to recover from," observed Steven Munatones. "Then there is ice swimming - or swimming in 5°C or lower water temperatures. This is in an entirely different realm. Ice swimmers are
Extremely Hardened Athletes: Ice Ironmen, Ice Ironwomen Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Triathletes and ice swimmers are incredible athletes in their respective sports. But there are a unique subset of triathletes who are also ice swimmers and vice versa. These rare athletes are known either as an Ice Ironman or an Ice Ironwoman. The
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Famed Polish swimmer and promoter Leszek Naziemiec is hosting the next International Ice Swimming Association World Cup and Polish Championships to be held this weekend in Katowice, Poland. For more information on the event with 100m, 250m, 500m, 750m and 1000m heats, visit here or contact Naziemiec at
