Ram Barkai
Ram Barkai is a south african-israeli ice swimmer. In July, 2009 he founded IISA[1][2]to make ice swimming globally more known[3][4][1], constructed with established safety regulations.[1] He currently works on the inclusion of the sport in the winter olympics[3][4][1] and the Paralympic Games.[1]As a part of their mission he defined an ice mile as a swimming challenge.[4] Barkai goes on regular swims in icy waters around the world.[3] Barkai is described by some as a pioneer in the Ice Swimming sport.[2] Ram now lives in cape town.[5]
Early carrer[edit]
Ram got a bachelor's degree from the institute of science. He worked as a computer programmer from january 1986 to december 1990 at sigma systems group. From january 1992 to december of 1996 ram worked several positions at jardine fleming securities. At Cadiz Holdings ltd he was a managing director of the Assets Management from january 1996 to june 2004. Then, he went on to become deputy ceo up until august 2005 when he became ceo of the company. He stayed in that position when in february of 2012 he retired.[6]
Swimming carrer[edit]
In 2010, ram was responsible, with IISA, for the first world Ice Mile event. In 2015 they got the first ice kilometer event underway. In 2016 they also made the first ice swimming championships. Barkai has at least 11 Ice Miles officially recognized being completed under his belt and at least 12 ice kilometers.[2]
Most southerly swim[edit]
In February, 2008, ram swam the most southerly swim in recorded history. In Antarctica he swam for 1 km in water temperatures of 1 celsius for 22 minutes and 5 seconds.[7]This swim made barkai the third person in recorded history to swim in Antarctica after Lynne Cox and Lewis Pugh.[2]
Lake zurich[edit]
In 2009 barkai became the first person to swim 2.3 kilometers in Lake Zürich in water temperatures of 4.00C.[2]
Swim around cape horn[edit]
In February of 2011, Ram, along with 4 other south Afrtican swimmers, completed the first open water swim around Cape Horn which is the southernmost tip of south america. It's thought to be a dangerous area to swim at. Every swimmer swam for 3.18 km in around 1 hour in water temperature of 7.0C.[8]
Relay swim across the bering strait[edit]
In august of 2013, Ram along several dozens others swam the first in recorded history to relay swim across the bering strait. Water temperatures ran between 2.5 to 10 degrees celsius. Also, there were heavy winds, fogs and high waves. It was chosen as that year's open water swimming performance of the year.[9]
The Dead Sea crossing[edit]
In november of 2016, ram was part of a team who became first to cross the dead sea. It was organised in order to raise awareness to the decaying state of the sea. They swam from Wadi Mujib in jordan to Ein Gedi in israel for a distance of 17.5 km. They completed the swim in 7 hours.[10]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 DaSilva, Laura (December 29, 2016). "Ice swimming in Toronto: The freezing sport people are warming up to". cbc. Toronto. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Fitzgerald, Quinn. World Open Water Swimming Association https://openwaterswimming.com/2018/12/ram-barkai-ice-swimming-honor-swimmer/. Retrieved 26 August 2020. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ducharme, Jamie (February 15, 2018). "Why People Are Swimming in Freezing Water". TIME. czech republic. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Knott, Jonathan (29 November 2013). "Dipping my toe into cold-water swimming". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ↑ Mizroch, Amir (25 February 2008). "A cool man". the jerusalem post. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ↑ =, =. "Ram Barkai". Bloomberg. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ↑ "Most southerly swim". Guiness world records. 7 February 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ↑ "First open-water swim around Cape Horn". Guiness world records. 22 February 2011. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ↑ "First swim crossing of the Bering Strait in relay". Guiness world records. 11 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ↑ "First swim crossing of the Dead Sea". Guiness world records. November 15, 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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