Aleksandra Bednarek
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Ola Bednarek getting ready for the Wörthersee Swim Austria event in 2021
Aleksandra Bednarek was voted as the 2018 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, nominated by the World Open Water Swimming Association
Aleksandra Bednarek was voted as the 2018 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year, nominated by the World Open Water Swimming Association
Aleksandra Bednarek after crossing the Catalina Channel on 27 August 2018
Aleksandra Ewa Bednarek (or Aleksandra Bednerek or Ola Bednarek or Olcia Bednarek) is a 24-year-old Polish open water swimmer and winter swimmer from Bydgoszcz, Poland who represents the Polish Ogrodnik Team.
Open Water Swimming Highlights
- She finished 3rd with the IWSA Team in the 4x25m freestyle relay with Ailen Lascano Micaz, Michał Perl, and Lars Mack at the 13th edition of the Winter Swimming World Championships in Lake Bled, Slovenia on 28 January 2023.
- On 26 August 2018, she completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel from the Southern California mainland to Santa Catalina Island in 12 hours 6 minutes 42 seconds.
- She finished 2nd overall in the 50m freestyle race at the 2018 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere German Open in Wöhrsee, Burghausen, Germany on 6 January 2018.
- She won the 50m breaststroke race at the 2018 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere German Open in Wöhrsee, Burghausen, Germany on 6 January 2018.
- She won the 50m and 200m breaststroke events at the 11th Winter Swimming World Championships in Tallinn, Estonia in March 2018.
- She set the International Winter Swimming Association record in the 200m breaststroke on 6 March 2018 at the 2018 Winter Swimming World Championships in Tallinn, Estonia in 4.00.54 and in the 50m breaststroke on 10 March at the 2018 Winter Swimming World Championships in Tallinn, Estonia in 46.89.
- On 26 August 2018, she completed a 32.3 km crossing of the Catalina Channel from Southern California mainland to the Santa Catalina Island in 12 hours 6 minutes 15 seconds, the first Polish woman to swim the Catalina Channel.
- She was voted as the 2018 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year in a global online poll conducted by the World Open Water Swimming Association.
- As of February 2019, she is ranked 19th in the International Ice Swimming Association world Ice Kilometer all-time rankings.
- She finished 2nd in the 200m freestyle at the IISA 3rd World Championship in Murmansk, Russia in March 2019.
- She finished 6th in the 1000m Ice Kilometer at the IISA 3rd World Championship in Murmansk, Russia in March 2019.
- She won the 100m breaststroke at the IISA 3rd World Championship in Murmansk, Russia in March 2019.
- She finished 6th overall in the 50m freestyle at the IISA 3rd World Championship in Murmansk, Russia in March 2019.
- She finished 2nd in the 50m breaststroke at the IISA 3rd World Championship in Murmansk, Russia in March 2019.
- She finished 6th overall in the International Ice Swimming Association's first IISA World Cup Series in 2019.
- She finished 3rd in the 45.9 km 20 Bridges Swim around Manhattan Island in New York in 7 hours 7 minutes 34 seconds at the age of 21.
- She won the 100m breaststroke at the 2020 International Winter Swimming World Championships held in Lake Bled, Slovenia on 5 February 2020 in 1:20.94.
- On 6 February 2020, she finished 2nd in the 20-29 age group at the International Winter Swimming Association world championships in the 200m freestyle event in 2:22.46 in Lake Bled, Slovenia.
- On 20 July 2021, she achieved the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with a 33.5 km crossing of the English Channel from England to France in 13 hours 18 minutes.
- On 6 February 2022 in Głogów, Poland, she finished 4th in the 50m breaststroke in 41:33 at the International Ice Swimming Association IISA 4th World Championship in the 3.00°C water at the age of 24.
2018 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year Nomination
Aleksandra Bednarek is hot in a cold community. The 20-year-old Polish swimmer from Łódź who represents the Polish Ogrodnik Team set two International Winter Swimming Association world records at the 2018 Winter Swimming World Championships in Tallinn, Estonia with 524 points. Her world records include the 50m breaststroke (46.89) and 200m breaststroke (4:00.54). Her age group records include the 100m breaststroke (1:26.21). For her dominating breaststroke performances on the International Winter Swimming World Cup circuit, for her range and versatility in swimming fast in the cold water, and for representing the Polish Ogrodnik Team, her region and Poland very well in Latvia, Russia, United Kingdom, China, Sweden, and Estonia in a fast-growing sport, Aleksandra Bednarek of Poland is a worthy nominee for the 2018 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year.
External links
- IISA Ice Swimming World Records + History’s Top 3
- IWSA Winter Swimming World Records
- Franziska Partheymüller Outsprints Marion Joffle to Take IISA 4th World Championship Title in 50m Breaststroke
- International Ice Swimming Association 4th World Championship Is On, As Scheduled
- How Cold Can Cold Get?
- Wörthersee Is Coming Up
- 2020 WOWSA Awards – World Open Water Swimming Woman Of The Year
- Aleksandra Bednarek Wins 100m Breaststroke World Title
- Hanna Bakuniak From Poland, Fastest Woman In The Ice
- Alisa Fatum Blasts Fast 200m At International Winter Swimming World Championships
- Aleksandra Bednarek Wins International Winter Swimming World Championships 100m Breaststroke
- 2019 WOWSA Awards Nominees
- 2019 World Open Water Swimming Offering Of The Year Nominees
- International Ice Swimming Association Frozen News
- Sebastian Engel, Nikola Kopecká Win At German Open
- Tobias Wybierek, Hanna Bakuniak Go 4-for-4 In Germany
- Hanna Bakuniak, Tobias Wybierek Sprint To Ice 50 Victories
- Hanna Bakuniak Upsets Julia Wittig At German Open
- Fergil Hersterman Breaks Through In The Ice
- Ice Swimming
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- International Ice Swimming Association
- Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships Venue
- Realizing The Vision Of Ice Swimming In Burghausen
- Camaraderie, Competition Makes Ice Swimming Great
- Julia Wittig Wins World Ice Swimming Championships
- Petar Stoychev Wins World Ice Swimming Championships
- The Look Of Ice Swimmers In Burghausen
- Getting Ready for 2-4°C Water
- The Explosive Growth Of Ice Swimming 120 To Delve Deeply
- What Is Ice Swimming?
- Tapering For An Ice Swimming
- Protecting The Feet In Ice Swimming
- Training For Competitive Ice Swimming
- International Ice Swimming Association
- Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere World Championships
- International Ice Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Tobias Wybierek, Aleksandra Bednarek Victorious In Tallinn
- Are Open Water Swimmers Getting Older And Wiser?
- First In Finland: Winter Swimming European Championships
- Aleksandra Bednarek Voted 2018 Voted 2018 World Open Water Swimming Woman of the Year
- Icebears Hintertux Voted 2018 Voted 2018 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year
- Ross Edgley's Great British Swim Voted 2018 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year
- Ion Lazarenco Tiron Voted 2018 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year
- Catalina Channel Swimming Federation
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Aleksandra Bednarek Wins 100m Breaststroke World Title
- Hanna Bakuniak From Poland, Fastest Woman In The Ice
- Quinn Fitzgerald, Newcomer Extraordinaire
- He Is A Bulldog - Quinn Fitzgerald, Yale's World Champion
- Alisa Fatum Wins 2019 IISA World Cup Series
