Winter Swimming World Championships
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Winter Swimming World Championships (WSWC) is masters championships in the men's and women's age categories (A to J2) organized by International Winter Swimming Association (IWSA) which was founded in 2006 after great success and huge international attendance at the 2006 Finnish Winter Swimming Championships in Oulu. They have been held at biennial intervals in various locations since the year 2000[1] and follow the IWSA winter swimming rules.[2]
Overview
| Year | # | Country | Municipality | Date | Notices |
| 2000 | 1. | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | Helsinki | About 500 participants, it is considered to be the first WSWC | |
| 2001 | 2. | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | Jyväskylä | About 750 participants | |
| 2002 | 3. | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | Kajaani | About 650 participants | |
| 2004 | 4. | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | Muonio | About 300 participants, the prevailing style is still "head-up breaststroke" | |
| 2006 | 5. | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | Oulu | Swimming in the river, 1st major international winter swimming event, 980 people | |
| 2008 | 6. | File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | London | 680 people, for the first time endurance swimming competition 450 m | |
| 2010 | 7. | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia | Bled | 790 persons, 450 m for the first time in open water | |
| 2012 | 8. | File:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | Jurmala | 20–22 January | 1129 participants |
| 2014 | 9. | File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | Rovaniemi | 20–23 March | 1244 participants |
| 2016 | 10. | File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | Tyumen | 8–10 March | 1275 participants, strong competition |
| 2018 | 11. | File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia | Tallinn | 6–10 March | 1386 persons, swimming pool in sea port, water 0 °C, + butterfly style |
| 2020 | 12. | File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia | Bled | 3–9 February | 1042 persons, for the first time also a 1000 m competition (in the lake) |
The planned venue for the WSWC 2022 Championship is Lake Onega near the town of Petrozavodsk in the Republic of Karelia in Russia, on 21 to 27 March 2022. And in following references are additional facts concerning WSWC 2020 in Bled.[3][4][5]
References
- ↑ "World Championships - International Winter Swimming Association". iwsa.world. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
- ↑ "Rules - International Winter Swimming Association". iwsa.world. Retrieved 2021-06-11.
- ↑ "Endurance Swims". Winterswimming Bled. IWSA. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ↑ "Zimní plavání" (PDF) (in Czech). zimni-plavani.info. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Bled 2020, deň 1". Delfíny ZP (in Slovak). 5 February 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
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