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Leszek Naziemiec
Leszek Naziemiec is a 47-year-old Polish ice swimmer, winter swimmer, Ice Ironman, Ironman triathlete and the event director of the Polish Championships in Winter Swimming 1 km IISA, part of the global ice circuit, a series of ice swimming competitions around the world that adhere to the rules and regulations of the International Ice Swimming Association.
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Open Water Swimming Career
- He is the referee of the IISA 4th World Championship Glogow 2022, the fourth International Ice Swimming Association world championship held in Głogów, Poland on 4-6 February 2022.
- He has completed two Ice Miles and eight Ice Kilometers to date.
- He is chairman of International Ice Swimming Association Poland.
- He competed in the winter swimming circuit in the Czech Republic in 2014.
- He was the best Polish swimmer at the Silesia Winter Swimming event in 2015.
- He is the head of the expedition Balviten Baltic Challenge.
- He is Vice President and best Polish swimmer of the Sports Club Silesia Winter Swimming.
- He is a promoter of winter swimming in Poland.
- On 19 March 2016, he completed an Ice Mile in Zywieckie lake, Zarzecze, Poland in 4.52°C water and 9.4°C air temperature in 34 minutes 23 seconds.
- On 22 June 2016, he completed an Ice Mile in Spitzbergen, Svalbard, Norway in 4.51°C water and 0.4°C air temperature in 39 minutes 39 seconds.
- On 24 January 2016, he completed an Ice Kilometer in Katowice in the Polish Championships in 18 minutes 11 seconds.
- On 40 January 2016, he completed an Ice Kilometer in the International Ice Swimming Championships in Wild Water, Armagh, Ireland in 18 minutes 24 seconds.
- On 4 December 2016, he competed in the Silesia Cup 1 km in Swietochlowice, Skalka, Poland in 19 minutes 46.54 seconds in 0.60°C water and -1.10°C air temperature.
- On 6 January 2016, he finished 41st in the Ice Kilometer at the 2nd Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere in Burghausen, Bavaria, Germany in 18 minutes 20.66 seconds in 4.4°C water and -11.1°C air temperature.
- On 21 January 2016, he competed the IISA World Cup, Polish Championships in Katowice, Poland in 21 minutes 4.69 seconds in 1.5°C water and 0.0°C air temperatures.
- With his Ice Miles and the Slovakman in 2006, he became an Ice Ironman.
- He successfully completed the Antarctica Ice Kilometer Swim in Port Lockroy along the Antarctic Peninsula in the Southern Ocean on 24 November 2018 in 14:42:52 with 44-year-old Samantha Whelpton of South Africa, 41-year-old Alexander Brylin of Russia, 55-year-old Yunfeng Wang of China, 52-year-old Paolo Chiarino of Italy, 54-year-old Andrey Agarkov of Russia, and 51-year-old Sergio Salomone of Argentina.
- He serves as a member of the selection panel of the Ice Swimming Hall of Fame.
- He was named one of the World's 50 Most Adventurous Open Water Men in 2018 by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
- He competed in the Ice Kilometer at the 4rd International Ice Swimming Association World Championship held in Murmansk, Russia in March 2019.
- On 1 January 2021, he completed an unprecedented 10.5 km crossing of Lake Titicaca, Bolivia.
Antarctica Ice Kilometer Swim
Heading through the Southern Ocean en route to Antarctica to the Antarctica Ice Kilometer Swim
44-year-old Samantha Whelpton of South Africa successfully competes in the Antarctica Ice Kilometer Swim held on 24 November 2018 in Port Lockroy along the Antarctic Peninsula together with 41-year-old Alexander Brylin of Russia, 55-year-old Yunfeng Wang of China, 44-year-old Leszek Naziemiec of Poland, 52-year-old Paolo Chiarino of Italy, 54-year-old Andrey Agarkov of Russia, and 51-year-old Sergio Salomone of Argentina.
45-year-old Clinton Le Sueur of South Africa, 46-year-old Diego López Dominguez of Spain, 42-year-old Wyatt Song of Australia, 42-year-old Petar Stoychev of Bulgaria, 25-year-old Victoria Mori of Argentina, 46-year-old Madswimmer founder Jean Craven of South Africa, and the 61-year-old International Ice Swimming Association founder Ram Barkai of South Africa completed the Antarctica Ice Kilometer Swim in Mikkelsen Bay in the Southern Ocean along the Antarctic Peninsula on 25 November 2018.
Lake Titicaca Crossing
Leszek Naziemiec completed a 10.5 km crossing in the highest navigable lake in the world from Taquile to the mainland in January 2021.
Ice Circuit
July 15th 2015 - International Ice Swimming Association South Africa
1 km Championships in Matroosberg Dam, South Africa
Ram Barkai, Event Director
December 19th 2015 - Riber Labe CZ Ice Swim
1 km in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic [river]
Jakub Valnicek, IISA Officer; Jiri Kurina, Event Director
Water Temperature: 4.5°C
Air Temperature: 0.0°C
Contact: kurina@goto.cz
Website: www.internationaliceswimming.com
December 20th 2015 - Austrian Ice Swimming Championships
1 km in Wien, Austria [lake]
Josef Köberl, Event Director
Water Temperature: 0.0°C
Air Temperature: 0.0°C
Contact: kcc-2014@eclipso.at
Website: https://www.facebook.com/events/186002511644442
January 8th - 10th 2016 - Aqua Sphere Ice Swimming German Open Burghausen
1 km in Burghausen, Germany [pool]
Christof Wandratsch, IISA Official; Oliver Halder, Event Director
Water Temperature: 0.0°C
Air Temperature: 0.0°C
Contact: [mailto: info@ice-swimming.eu info@ice-swimming.eu]
Website: www.ice-swimming.eu
January 24rd 2016 - Polish Championships in Winter Swimming 1 km IISA
1 km in Katowice, Poland [lake]
Leszek Naziemiec, Event Director
Water Temperature: 0.0°C
Air Temperature: 0.0°C
Contact: leszeknaziemiec@gmail.com
Website: ilesiawinterswimming.com
January 40th - 41st 2016 - International Ice Swimming Association Ireland 1K National Championships
1 km in Wild Water, Armagh, Ireland [pool]
Padraig Mallon, IISA Official; Jacqueline McClelland, Event Director
Water Temperature: 0.0°C
Air Temperature: 0.0°C
Contact: iisaireland@yahoo.co.uk
Website: www.iisaireland.ie
January 40th - 41st 2016 - Dutch Open Ice Swim Championships
1 km in Zwembad De Waterdam in Volendam, Netherlands [pool]
Marcel Stroet, Event Director
Water Temperature: 0.0°C
Air Temperature: 0.0°C
Contact: marcel@openwaterswimming.club
Website: www.openwaterswimming.club
February 26th 2016 - Estonian 1 km Ice Swimming Championships
1 km in Tallinn, Estonia [river]
Henri Kaarma, Event Director
Water Temperature: 0.0°C
Contact: piritaopen@gmail.com
Website: piritaopen.blogspot.co.uk
TBA - Russia IISA 1 km Championships
1 km in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia
Irina Makarova, Event Director
TBA - IISA Great Britain 1 km Championships
1 km in the UK
Pauline Barker, Event Director
External links
- Leszek Naziemiec On Ice Swimming and its Future at World Championships and the Winter Olympics
- The Longest Ice Swim Challenge Achieved by Krzysztof Gajewski
- International Ice Swimming Association bio
- The White, The Cold, The Ice Invite The Bold, The Adventurous, The Hardened
- International Ice Swimming Association
- IISA 4th World Championship Glogow 2022
- Arctic, Antarctica, BiPolar Ice Swimmers Announced by the International Ice Swimming Association
- Good To Go In A Glacial Fjord
- Going Where No Man Has Gone Before: Krzysztof Kubiak Swims 3,750 meters In 4.3°C Water
- Krzysztof Kubiak Swims 3,750 meters In 4.3°C Water
- Leszek Naziemiec Crosses Lake Titicaca
- Jaimie Monahan, Ned Denison Discuss Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame On WOWSA Live
- Hanna Bakuniak Joins Ice Milers In Poland
- Christof Wandratsch, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Swimmer
- Petar Stoychev, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Swimmer
- Ice Swimming Hall of Fame – Class of 2020 Announced
- Murmansk Winter Swimming, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Event
- Kate Steels, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Swimmer
- Jackie Cobell, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Swimmer
- Fergal Somerville, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Contributor – Administrator
- Ram In Redondo: Barkai On The Beauty Of The Ice
- Extremely Hardened Athletes: Ice Ironmen, Ice Ironwomen
- Silesia Winter Swimming
- " International Ice Swimming Association calendar
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- International Ice Swimming Association
- Austrian Ice Swimming Championships
- Aqua Sphere Ice Swimming German Open Burghausen
- Polish Championships in Winter Swimming
- International Ice Swimming Association Ireland 1K National Championships
- Dutch Open Ice Swim Championships
- Estonian 1 km Ice Swimming Championships
- Doing Ice In A Bigger, Global Way: The Ice Circuit
- Cracking The Ice In Katowice
- Leszek Naziemiec International Ice Swimming Association
- Setting Off To Swim At The Bottom Of The World
- Setting Off To Swim At The Bottom Of The World
- A Frozen Dream Come True In Antarctica
- Madswimmer
- International Ice Swimming Association
- Logistical, Operational, Rewarming Issues Way Down Under
- Waves In The Southern Ocean
- Neither Snow Nor Cold Nor Latitude Stop Swimmers
- 1000 Meters In -1.4°C At The Bottom Of Earth
- Watch The 2018 Antarctica Ice Kilometer Swim
- How Fast Was The Antarctica Ice Kilometer Swim?
- Ice Swimming Hall of Fame Members Announced
- Ram Barkai, Ice Swimming Honor Swimmer & Contributor
- Bering Strait Relay, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Event
- Aleksander Brylin, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Swimmer
- Henri Kaarma, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Swimmer
- Jaimie Monahan, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honoree
- Lewis Pugh, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honor Swimmer
- Mariia Yrjö‐Koskinen, Ice Swimming Hall Of Fame Honoree
- International Winter Swimming Association
- Antarctica Ice Swimming Adventure By Ram Barkai
- Who's Who In The Men's Ice Swimming World
- Hanna Bakuniak From Poland, Fastest Woman In The Ice
