Aleksandr Jakovlevs


Aleksandr Jakovlevs is a 44-year-old ice swimmer from Jelgava, Latvia.
He was a member and organiser of the successful, unprecedented, 6-day Bering Strait Swim relay, a 53-mile (86 km) relay crossing from Cape Dezhnev in Chukotka, Russia, to Cape Prince of Wales in the state of Alaska, USA. He is also a member of the board of directors of the International Winter Swimming Association and works with Colin Hill of Chillswim. He also co-organizes the Winter Swimming World Cup circuit.
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Winter Swimming Career
- Board member of International Winter Swimming Association since 2009
- Chairmen of Jelgavas Roni Winter swimming club since 2010
- Organizer of the biggest winter swimming competition in Latvia Jelgava Seals Cup, first started in 2009
- Race director for the 8th Winter Swimming World Champioships 2012 in Jurmala, Latvia
- Represented Latvia at the 1st International Winter Swimming Championship in Tyumen, Russia in 2012
- Represented Latvia at the 2nd China Jinan International Winter Swimming Festival in 2013
- Represented Latvia at the Big Chill Swim in Windermere, England
- Represented Latvia at The 2nd Scandinavian Winter Swimming Championships in Skellefteå, Sweden
- Co-organized the first Winter Swimming Championship in North America (Lake Memphremagog, Vermont]]
- Participated in all 4 events at the United States Winter Swimming Championships.
- He competed in the 2016 United States Winter Swimming Association National Championships in the 200m freestyle on 30 January in New York City in 1.2°C (34.3°F) water of the La Marina venue in the Hudson River.
Winter Swimming Championship
Jakovlevs is a co-organizer of the first Winter Swimming Championship in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont in February 2015 together with Phil White of the Kingdom Games and Janet Kylander Manning, R. Cristian Vergara, Darren Miller, Melissa O'Reilly and Brad McVetta of the United States Winter Swimming Association and Mariia Yrjö-Koskinen of the International Winter Swimming Association. The Winter Swimming Championship in North America will be held in accordance with rules of the International Winter Swimming Association and co-sanctioned by the U.S. Winter Swimming Association and the International Winter Swimming Association.
World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
The Bering Strait Swim was selected as the 2013 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year in a global poll managed by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
Relay Members in Bering Strait Swim
SWIMMERS
1. Vladimir Chegorin, Russia
2. Maria Chizhova, Novosibirsk, Russia
3. Elena Guseva, Russia
4. Ram Barkai, Cape Town, South Africa
5. Jack Bright, UK
6. Oksana Veklich, Blagoveshchensk, Russia
7. Aleksandr Jakovlevs, Jelgava, Latvia (Starter,Swimmer,Navigator)
8. Matías Ola, Buenos Aires /Tucuman Argentina
9. Henri Kaarma, Tallinn, Estonia
10. Toomas Haggi, Tallinn, Estonia
11. Nuala Moore, Ireland
12. Anne Marie Ward, Donegal, Ireland
13. Toks Viviers, Cape Town, South Africa
14. Melissa O’Reilly (‘Mo’), Lambertville, New Jersey, USA
15. Ryan Stramrood, Cape Town, South Africa
16. Cristian Vergara, Santiago, Chile
17. Craig Lenning, Colorado, USA
18. Rafał Ziobro, Krakow, Poland
19. Andrew Chin, Cape Town, South Africa
20. Jackie Cobell, Tunbridge Wells, UK
21. James Pittar, Australia
22. Paolo Chiarino, Italy
23. Mariia Yrjö-Koskinen, Finland
24. Ivan Papulshenko, Ukraine
25. Zdenek Tlamicha, Czech Republic
26. Zhou Hanming, China
27. Oleg Adamov, Russia
28. Andrei Agarkov, Russia
29. Alekseev Semen, Russia
30. Tatiana Alexandrova, Russia
31. Roman Belan, Russia (Swimmer & Starter)
32. Elena Semenova, Russia
33. Alexander Brylin, Russia
34. Afanasii Diackovskii, Russia
35. Vladimir Nefatov, Russia (Swimmer and Chief Starter)
36. Evgenii Dokuchaev, Russia
37. Oleg Docuckaev, Russia (Swimmer and Chief Organiser)
38. Roman Efimov, Russia
39. Dmitrii Filitovich, Russia
40. Olga Filitovich, Russia (Swimmer & Starter/helper)
41. Victor Godlevskiy, Russia (Swimmer, Starter/helper)
42. Olga Golubeva, Russia
43. Alexei Golubkin, Russia
44. Alexander Golubkin, Russia (Youngest Swimmer at 13 yrs old)
45. Alexsandr Iurkov, Russia (Starter, Swimmer, Navigator)
46. Oleg Ivanov, Russia
47. Pavel Kabakov, Russia Swimmer, starter, navigator
48. Eduard Khodakovskiy, Russia
49. Aleksandr Komarov, Russia
50. Aleksandr Kuliapin, Russia
51. Andrey Kuzmin, Russia
52. Irina Lamkina, Russia
53. Vladimir Litvinov, Russia
54. Andrey Mikhalev, Russia
55. Victor Moskvin, Russia
56. Nikolay Petshak, Russia
57. Sergey Popov, Russia
58. Vladimir Poshivailov, Russia
59. Grigorii Prokopchuk, Russia
60. Dmitrii Zalka, Russia
61. Natalia Seraya, Russia
62. Viacheslav Shaposhnikov, Russia
63. Olga Sokolova, Russia
64. Andrei Sychev, Russia
65. Alexei Tabakov, Russia
66. Nataliia Usachaeva, Russia
CREW
67. Nikolay Khitrik, Russia (Organiser)
68. Lurii Melnikov, Russia (Organiser)
69. Sergei Chernukhin, Russia (Organiser)
70. Irina Makarova, Russia (Interpreter, Starter, helper)
71. Alexey Svistunov, Russia (President of Russian Book of Records)
72. Rafael Valdes Mendosa, Russian (Interpreter, Starter)
73. Evgeny Novazheev, Russia(Kite surfer)
74. Denis Berezhnoy, Russia (Kite surfer)
75. Sergey Semenov, Russia (kite surfer)
76. Mariia Netrebenko, Russia (mass media representative)
77. Viktor Muzhetckii, Russia (cameraman)
78. Vladislav Bochkovskii, Russia (mass media representative)
79. Vladislav Bykov, Russia (cameraman)
80. Dmitrii Timofeev, Russia (research team)
81. Victoria Brylin, Russia (recovery team)
82. Nataliya Fatyanova, Russia (Head of medical group)
83. Irina Zhidkova, Russia (doctor)
84. Aleksandr Gremitskikh, Russia (Chief Judge)
85. Krutikov Konstantin, Russia (mass media representative)
86. Gavriil Ugarov, Russia (research crew)
87. Denis Kabakov, Russia (support crew)
88. Kiriil Zaika, Russia (support crew)
89. Natalia Yael Szydlowski, Argentina (nutritionist)
90. Paolo Adolfo Testa, Argentina (coach)
91. Carlos Eduardo Reges, Argentina (doctor)
92. Anibal Ariel Calderon, Argentina (cameraman)
93. Guillermo Gallishaw, Argentina (cameraman)
94. Alasdair Ross McCulloch, South Africa (cameraman)
CREW OF IRTYSH HOSPITAL SHIP
95. Yason Demeev, Russia (Chief of Hospital)
96. Oleg Revutskiy, Russia (surgeon)
97. Vyacheslav Grigoryev, Russia (traumatologist)
98. Valeriy Koshkin, Russia (dermatologist)
99. Svetlana Gulenkova, Russia (stomatologist)
100. Inna Lesnova, Russia (therapeutist)
101. Vladimir Savinskiy, Russia (doctor of functional diagnostics)
102. Sergey Demyanenko, Russia (Doctor of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics)
103. Sergey Milovanov, Russia (anesthesiologist)
104. Denis Yakushin, Russia (anesthesiologist)
105. Georgiy Feodoridi, Russia (neurosurgeon)
106. Igor Rogushin, Russia (opthamologist)
107. Yuriy Obraztsov, Russia (infectionist)
108. Oleg Fartushin, Russia (radiologist)
109. Elena Ionova, Russia (pharmacist)
110. Larisa Popova, Russia (nurse)
111. Svetlana Demenok, Russia (nurse)
112. Galina Domnina, Russia (nurse)
113. Tatyana Bolshakova, Russia (nurse)
114. Svetlana Panidova, Russia (nurse)
115. Maya Surgayeva, Russia (nurse)
116. Ludmila Denisova, Russia (nurse)
117. Valentina Shilova, Russia (nurse)
118. Elena Repula, Russia (nurse)
119. Elena Kukurba, Russia (nurse)
120. Elena Sadovaya, Russia
121. Tatyana Nikolaeva, Russia
Video
2013 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
External links
- Dmitriy Rubtsov Wins 2019-2020 IWSA World Cup Title
- Paula Yankauskas, Hardened Winter Swimmers Go 4 For 4
- Hats Off To Winter Swimmers
- 2016 Scandinavian Winter Swimming Championships
- 2015-2016 IWSA Winter Swimming World Cup
- Winter Swimming Championships 2012
- Alesandr Jakovlev Doing It All In The Extreme
- Aleksandr Jakovlev bio
- Jelgavas Roni
- International Relay Swim Across The Bering Strait Official Website
- Bering Strait Swim
- Bering Strait Swim Succeeds
- The Who's Who Of Extremists Gather At Top Of World
- Do Ice Swimmers Have Bigger Brains?
- What Open Water Swim Could Be More Dangerous?
- Adventurous 5 Among 50 Across The Bering Strait
- The Boys Will Bring Us Home...Across The Bering Strait
- Dangers And Risks On The High Seas
- Craig's List Of Open Water Swims
- Cold Hard Facts: After 42 Hours, 36 More Hours Of Swimming
- Bering Strait Swim Succeeds
- Camaraderie On The High Seas
- The Joy Of Research And Discovery In The Open Water
- Bright As Can Be
- Ice Swimming At The Winter Olympics
- International Winter Swimming Association Facebook page
- Recollections Of The Most Risky Open Water Swim In History
- The Joy Of Yrjö-Koskinen Mariia
- Bering Strait Swim - Ice Bering
- Recollections Of The Most Risky Open Water Swim In History
- Alexander Golubkin, Teenager To The Extreme
- Bering Strait Swim Is 2013 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
- WOWSA Announces Its 2013 Awards
- 1st World Ice Swimming Championship To Be Presented
- United States Winter Swimming Association
- Kingdom Games
- Cold, Icy And Happy At The Winter Swimming Championship
- White Winter Wonderland In America
- International Winter Swimming Association Facebook page