International Ice Swimming Association
The International Ice Swimming Association ® or IISA ® was founded by Ram Barkai in 2009.[1][2][3] Its main purpose is to make Ice Swimming internationally recognized as a sport.[3] IISA organizes worldwide ice swimming competitions.[1] IISA also works to include Ice Swimming as an official sport in the Winter Olympic Games.[3] It has branches in over 50 different countries.[4] Over 2,000 swimmers are registered in IISA.
Regulations
ECG is used up to 3–6 months before and after Ice Swimming to screen for risks of heart attacks and other cardiac complexities.[5]
Ice mile
An ice mile is a swimming challenge, which consists of swimming across a one-mile distance, unassisted, wearing a standard swimming costume, one pair of goggles, and one swimming hat in water colder than 5° Celsius.[6] The challenge is considered an ultimate achievement.[5] Between the years 2009 and 2015, 113 men and 38 women were recorded to have completed at least one ice mile.[6] After successfully completing the challenge, the swimmer gets the ice mile red jacket.[5]
Ice sevens
The Ice Sevens Challenge consists of completing an ice mile in 7 different locations around the world, in all continents, with at least one location having temperatures lower than 0° Celsius.[7]
Ice kilometer
An ice kilometer is like an ice mile, but for a distance of one kilometer.[8]
Ice swimming World Records
Ice kilometers
On the 18th of March, 2019, Peter Stoychev set the world record for ice kilometers for men at 12:10.81 minutes, breaking his former record set in 2017 of 12:15.87 minutes. On the same date, Alisa Fatum set the world record for women at 13:02.39 minutes after beating Julia Wittig's record of 13:13.58 from 2017.[2]
Fastest ice mile
The fastest recorded ice mile by men was set by Rostislav Vitek at 20:29 minutes on the 7th of March 2015.[9] The fastest recorded ice mile by women was set by Julia Wittig and Ines Hahn at 21:33 minutes on the 29th of December 2019.[10]
Farthest ice swims
The farthest recorded ice swim by a female swimmer is 3.30 km by Carmel Collins, set on the 21st of February, 2016.[11] The farthest recorded ice swim by a male is 3.44 km by Hamza Bakircioglu, set on the 7th of February, 2018.[12]
External links
https://www.internationaliceswimming.com/
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Keh, Andrew (December 15, 2016). "For Swimmers With Ice Water in Their Veins, an Event to Match". the new york times. BURGHAUSEN, Germany. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "1 km world records". internationaliceswimming. Retrieved 26 August 2020. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "inter" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "2019 World International Ice Swimming Championships: What it takes to prepare for a sub-zero swim". bbc. 13 March 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ↑ Skopich, Yulia (December 11, 2019). "Swim Season Opens in December". Themoscowtimes. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Turner, E Jane; Tipton, Mike; Harper, Mark; Steels, Kate; Williamson, Ruth; Massey, Heather (December 2019). "PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES Swimmer and scientist perspectives on ice swimming: your questions answered". Outdoor Swimmer. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Knechtle, Beat; Stjepanovic, Mirko; Knechtle, Celina; Rosemann, Thomas; Sousa, Caio V; Nikolaidis, Pentelis T (2018). "Physiological Responses to Swimming Repetitive "Ice Miles"" (PDF). Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. 35 (2): 487–494. doi:10.1519/JSC.0000000000002690. PMID 29878984.
- ↑ "Kate Steels on the brink of joining ice swimming royalty with epic challenge". swimming. January 12, 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ↑ "The first World Ice Swimming Championships". swimming. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ↑ "Fastest Ice Mile swim (male)". guinnessworldrecords. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ↑ "Fastest Ice Mile swim (female)". guinnessworldrecords. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ↑ "Longest distance ice swim (female)". guinnessworldrecords. 21 February 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ↑ "Longest distance ice swim (male)". guinnessworldrecords. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
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