Boguslaw Ogrodnik
From Openwaterpedia
(Redirected from Boguslaw Stanislaw Ogrodnik)
Boguslaw Ogrodnik is the world record holder for denivelation
Boguslaw Ogrodnik's Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming certificate
Boguslaw Stanislaw Ogrodnik, born 1965, is a 56-year-old open water swimmer, lawyer and mountaineer from Wrocław, Poland who has completed four Oceans Seven channels to date.
Contents
Endurance and Extreme Sports Highlights
- He achieved the Frosted Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming on 23 July 2017.
- He is a member of the exclusive Peak and Pond club.
- In 2006, he completed the Seven Summits of mountaineering including Mount Everest.
- He crossed the Lake Balaton.
- He swam from Alcatraz Island to Aquatic Park in San Francisco Bay.
- In 2011, he crossed the Gulf of Gdańsk (Bay of Gdańsk) from Hel to Gdynia in Poland.
- On 25 May 2013, he completed a 14.4 km crossing of the Strait of Gibraltar from Spain to Morocco in 5 hours 28 minutes at the age of 48 with his 15-year-old son Maciek Ogrodnik.
- He completed the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming:
- On 27 July 2014, he crossed the 33.8 km English Channel from England to France in 20 hours 33 minutes at the age of 49 under the auspices of the Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation.
- On 24 July 2017, he finished 12th at the 45.9 km 20 Bridges Manhattan Swim in New York City in 8 hours 13 minutes 49 seconds at the age of 52.
- On 6 September 2016, he completed a 32.4 km crossing of the Catalina Channel from Santa Catalina Island to the Southern California mainland in 13 hours 4 minutes 12 seconds at the age of 51 for his fourth Oceans Seven channel.
- In March 2015, he attempted crossing the Molokai Channel from Molokai Island to Oahu in Hawaii, but did not finish due to seasickness and currents.
- He coined the term Polish Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming.
- He competed in the 2016 Winter World Swimming Championships in Tyumen, Russia.
- He completed an Ice Mile on 20 February 2016 in Sobótka, Poland in 4.90°C water and 0.00°C air, swimming 1.02 miles in 35 minutes 49 seconds in an old quarry.
- On 10 January 2016, he completed an Ice Kilometer at the Aqua Sphere Ice Swimming Championships in Burghausen, Germany in 22:55 in 3.90°C water and 0.00°C air temperature.
- On 8 August 2016, he did not get to attempt a start of a Tsugaru Channel crossing in Japan due to an oncoming typhoon.
- On 23 July 2017, he completed the 28.5-mile (45.8 km) 20 Bridges Circumnavigation Swim of Manhattan in New York City to complete the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with an 8 hour 13 minute 49 second circumnavigation swim of Manhattan Island at the age of 52.
- He completed the Frosted Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming with the circumnavigation swim of Manhattan Island.
- He created the Polish Ogrodnik Team.
- He finished 25th overall in the 50m freestyle race at the 2018 Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere German Open in Wöhrsee, Burghausen, Germany on 6 January 2018.
- On 19 August 2018, he completed a 21.2-mile crossing of Lake Tahoe in 24 hours 44 minutes 18 seconds to join the 24-hour Club.
- On 20 September 2018, he completed a 19.5 km crossing of the Tsugaru Channel from Honshu to Hokkaido in northern Japan in 12 hours 30 minutes.
- He completed the Frosted Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming on 23 July 2017.
- On 21 April 2019, he finished 16 miles of the 38.6 km Tampa Bay Marathon Swim in Florida.
- On 8 August 2021, he became an Iron Iceman.
- He completed an Ice Mile in 35 minutes 49 seconds on 20 February 2016 in Sobotka/Wroclaw, Poland 3.9°C water.
- He completed an Ironman Triathlon in 15 hours 42 minutes 23 seconds on 8 August 2021 in Gdynia, Poland at the age of 56.
- On 23 August 2008, he completed a 20 km crossing of the Gulf of Gdans between Hel and Gdynia in 8 hours 46 minutes, the first crossing in more than 40 years.
- He has completed several 11 km crossings of the Gulf of Puck since July 2011 with his son Maciek Ogrodnik and his daughter Marta Ogrodnik.
- He finished 3rd in a Polish national 12-hour swimming marathon in Otyliada on 1 March 2014.
- He completed a two-way crossing of the Strait of Messina on 5 October 2015 in 1 hour 45 minutes 7 seconds.
- He completed a crossing from Alcatraz Island to Aquatic Park in San Francisco Bay, California in 2015.
- He finished 2nd in the F age category in the International Winter Swimming Association World Cup series in 2015-2016.
- He was crowned Polish champion in winter swimming from 2014 to 2016 in different races.
Denivelation
He is the world record holder for denivelation at 9,011 meters as he scaled Mount Everest to 8,848 meters and dove to 163 meters in the Blue Hole in Sinai, Egypt.
Ted Talk
Cykliczna struktura celów szansą zwiększenia naszej aktywności by Bogusław Ogrodnik at TEDxWSB
2021 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Nomination
He was nominated for the 2021 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year Award by the World Open Water Swimming Association. The winners and nominees include:
Winner: Paul Georgescu (Romania)
First Runner-up: Neil Agius (Malta)
Second Runner-up: Joel Matos Ortiz (Puerto Rico)
4. Josef Köberl (Austria)
5. Dr. Jaiprakash Duble (India)
6. Pablo Fernández Álvarez (Spain)
7. Stève “Seal” Stievenart (France)
8. Simon Griffiths (Great Britain)
9. Bogusław Ogrodnik (Poland)
10. Joseph Zemaitis (USA)
11. Damián Blaum (Argentina)
12. Florian Wellbrock (Germany)
13. Stéphane Lecat (France)
14. Kristóf Rasovszky (Hungary)
15. Andre Slade (Australia)
External links
- Open Water Swimmers Take It To The Extreme with Ice Miles, Channel Swims and Marathon Swims
- Paul Georgescu is a WOWSA Award Winner: 2021 World Open Water Swimming Man of the Year
- Who Is More Extreme Than Bogusław Ogrodnik?
- #13 Is A First: Anna Brown Does The Peak and Pond
- Boguslaw Ogrodnik Is Extreme Many Times Over
- International Ice Swimming Association bio
- Ironman Triathlon results from Gydnia, Poland
- Greg Johnson Completes The Peak And Pond
- Hugo Rodriguez Barroso To Appear On WOWSA Live
- Jim Loreto Does Frosted Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
- Hanna Bakuniak Joins Ice Milers In Poland
- Bogusław Ogrodnik Joins Open Water Luminaries At TED Talks
- Hanna Bakuniak Joins Ice Milers In Poland
- Marathoning With Masayuki Moriya
- LongSwimsDB profile
- Polish Triple Crown Of Open Water Swimming
- The History Of Swimming In The Gulf of Gdańsk
- Bogusław Ogrodnik przepłynął wpław Kanał La Manche
- Bogusław Ogrodnik to swim across English Channel
- Reaching The Highs And Lows With Boguslaw Ogrodnik
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Communicating From The Channel
- When Conditions Get Dangerous In The Pacific
- Peaks And Ponds - Dryland And Open Water Endurance
- Peak And Pond People
- Polish Triple Crown Of Open Water Swimming
- The History Of Swimming In The Gulf of Gdańsk
- Petar Stoychev, Victoria Mori Win 450m World Titles
- 2016 Winter Swimming World Championships - Live Cam
- International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming World Cup
- 200m Frozen Freestyle At Winter World Championships
- International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming World Cup Facebook page
- International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming Instagram page
- Mike Twigg-Smith's Adventures Across The Ka'iwi Channel
- Typhoon Postpones Boguslaw Ogrodnik In The Tsugaru Channel
- New York Open Water
- New York Open Water Facebook page
- Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
- FLASH! Swimming Around Manhattan Island Is On
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- Allan McLeland Achieves Peak And Pond Challenge
- Challenging Channel Crossings With Michael Twigg-Smith
- Clair Harris And Julie Isbill Celebrate Their Triple Crowns
- Jason Snell Achieves The Peak And Pond Challenge
- Michael Twigg-Smith On Molokai Channel Crossings
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- Three's A Charm For Professor Patrick McKnight
- Bogusław Ogrodnik Joins 24-Hour Club Across Lake Tahoe
- Two Triumph Across Catalina
- Marathon Swimmers Federation bio
- Frosted Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming
- Dr. Jamie Proffit Wins Coast To Coast
