Dmitry Blokhin
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Dmitry Blokhin is the 202 cm tall Vice Chairperson for the Committee of Physical Culture and Sports at the City Administration of Murmansk in Russia. Under his administration, the International Winter Swimming Competition (or the International Holiday of the North or the Polar Olympics) are held annually in Murmansk, Russia as well as the Murmansk Mile as part of the open water swim across Kola Bay in Murmansk. He also helps organize the first World Ice Swimming Championships (or the International Ice Swimming Association World Championship) on 20 March 2015 and the Russian Open Winter Swimming Championship on 21-22 March 2015 together with Irina Andreeva.
Blokhin is also a coach and an elementary school teacher. He attended the 2013 Global Open Water Swimming Conference in Cork, Ireland and presented at the 2014 Global Open Water Swimming Conference on the Isle of Bute, Scotland.
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Murmansk
Murmansk is the biggest city in the world inside the Arctic Circle and location of the International Winter Swimming Competition (80th International Holiday of the North or the Polar Olympics) and the Russian Open Winter Swimming Championship conducted by the Department of Physical Culture and Sport of Murmansk and organised by Irina Andreeva and Blokhin Dmitry.
Murmansk is one of the world's capitals of ice swimming. It is the site of the Murmansk Mile and the Festival of Sports in June. The Murmansk Mile is a 1.2 km swim across Kola Bay in water 4-8 degrees C with currents with over 40 ice swimming participants. The Festival of Sports has more than 10,000 participants and spectators in 11 different kinds of sports.
International Ice Swimming Association World Championships
On 20 March 2015 in Lapland Lake Semenovskoye, Murmansk, Russia
Blokhin serves as the event director of the IISA 3rd World Championship in March 2019 in Murmansk, Russia.
Ice Swimming Videos
2019 Ice Swimming Arctic Cup
External links
- 2015 Ice Swimming World Championships In Murmansk
- Ice Swimming At The Winter Olympics
- One Of The Most Amazing 100m Freestyles In The World
- Ice Swimmers Gather In Cork, Ireland
- Mind Over Matter, Swimming 1000m @ 0ºC
- Blokhin Dmitry Stands Tall Among Winter Swimmers
- The Polar Olympics In Murmansk
- Murmansk Mile Across Kola Bay Is Totally Cool
- 1st World Ice Swimming Championship To Be Presented
- www.gorsport51.ru
- The Who's Who Of Extremists Gather At Top Of World
- Antartica Circle Ice Challenge: The Goal, Men And Cause
- St. Ninian's Bay To Host International Swim Celebration
- How Tough Are You?
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Monika Hayes And Zani Miller Shine At Polar Olympics
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- 1st World Ice Swimming Championship To Be Presented
- Behind The Scenes In Murmansk
- A Champion's Mindset In Murmansk
- Pooling The Finest In Cold Water Swimming - Part 1
- Pooling The Finest In Cold Water Swimming - Part 2
- Superhuman 1000 In 0.8°C
- 2015 Ice Swimming World Championship Results
- Elina Making Taking Safety To Her Limits
- Fast Frentic Freezing Freestyle
- Intense Competition Among World's Best Ice Swimmers
- The Power Of One, Henri Karma
- Ice In His Vein - Albert Sobirov
- Team Matters In Ice Swimming
- Checking Up And Checking In For An Ice Swim
- Why Ice Swimming Has It
- Ice Swimming World Championship Celebrated
- 2015 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominees
- 2015 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year Nominees
- 2019 IISA World Championship In Murmansk
- Imagine This: A World Championship In The Arctic Circle
- Petar Stoychev To Face Huge Challenges In Murmansk
- World Record Holders To Be Honored In Murmansk
- Building A 0.2°C Competition Swimming Pool In The Arctic
- Swimming In 0.2°C Water In The Arctic Circle
