Winter Is Approaching And The Doctor Is Available
Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California. Dr. Nataliya Fatyanova is one of the world’s leading researchers and physicians when it comes to ice swimming.
With the help of her willing subjects who are constantly pushing themselves in frigid water temperatures, Dr. Fatyanova is exploring and adding to her knowledge about the physiological boundaries of winter swimming from re-warming to proper acclimatization.
“She’s one amazing woman and with that smile, she will forbid you from getting into the water,” recalls Nuala Moore. “During the Bering Strait Swim on the ship, she said anyone not passing [the physical] tests will not swim. She’s brilliant.”
As she learns more about what the human body can endure and withstand, she is fine-tuning the parameters that will allow athletes to enter winter swimming competitions and streamlining protocols on how best to enable responsible recovery and safe re-warming from hypothermic conditions.
Photos courtesy of Nuala Moore. Lower photo shows Dr. Nataliya Fatyanova on the far left in the first row together with Bering Strait Swim participants Alexandr Brylin, Grigorii Prokopchuk, Ram Barkai, Jackie Cobell, Aleksandr Jakovlevs, Nuala Moore, Mariia Yrjö-Koskinen, Tatiana Alexandrova, Victoria Brylin, and Dr. Irina Zhidkova.
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Southern California native, born 1962, is the creator of the WOWSA Awards, Oceans Seven, Openwaterpedia, Citrus Corps, World Open Water Swimming Association, Daily News of Open Water Swimming, Global Open Water Swimming Conference. He is Chief Executive Officer of KAATSU Global and KAATSU Research Institute. Inductee in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Swimmer, Class of 2001) and Ice Swimming Hall of Fame (Honor Contributor - Media, Class of 2019), recipient of the International Swimming Hall of Fame's Poseidon Award (2016), International Swimming Hall of Fame's Irving Davids-Captain Roger Wheeler Memorial Award (2010), USA Swimming's Glen S. Hummer Award (2007, 2010) and Harvard University's John B. Imrie Award (1984). Served on the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee and as Technical Delegate with the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games, and 9-time USA Swimming coaching staff. Note: WOWSA only recommends products or services used or recommended by the community. WOWSA does not receive compensation for links or products mentioned on this site or in blog posts. If it does, it will be indicated clearly on that specific post. See WOWSA's privacy policy for more information.
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