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Karen Weir
Karen Weir is a Scottish open water swimmer from Paisley, Scotland who swims with the Inverclyde Masters and helps organise the Wild West Swimmers community.
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Open Water Swimming Career[edit]
- Great Scottish Swim - Strathclyde Park 2011
- Great Manchester Swim - Salford Quays 2012
- Monster Swim in Loch Ness 2012
- Charity swim from island Kerrera to mainland Oban for the Firefighters Charity 2012
- Great Scottish Swim - Loch Lomond 2013
- Great Manchester Swim - Salford Quays 2013
- Great North Swim - Windermere 2013
- Great London Swim - Millwall Docks 2013
- Epic Events Derwent Water Swim 2013
- Charity swim Darkness into Light for Pieta House - Seapoint beach Ireland 2015
- Global Open Water Swimming Conference - Rothesay 2014
- On 18-19 July 2015, represented Scotland on an international relay team of 50 swimmers from 20 countries who swam 60 km over 20 hours across the Rio de la Plata from Colonia in Uruguay to Buenos Aires in Argentina in 10-14°C water (Festival Swimming Río de la Plata Cruce)
- On 30 July 2017, she completed a 7.3-mile swim across Ullswater in the Lake District from Glenridding to Pooley Bridge.
- On 2 September 2017, she completed a 5.25-mile swim across Coniston Water in the Lake District at the Chillswim End to End even.
- On 20 January 2018, she completed the 500m event and an Ice Kilometer at the Dutch Ice Swimming Championships in Volendam in 3.5°C water.
- On 20 August 2018, she completed a 3-person English Channel relay from Samphire Hoe to Wissant, France in 14 hours 21 minutes with the team "In The Zone" with Kath Long and Connie Spoor.
Ice Swimming Career[edit]
- Chillswim - Windermere 2014
- Lake Bled Winter Swimming Cup - Slovenia 2014
- Chillswim - Windermere 2015 - 450m and 1 km swims
- Lake Bled Winter Swimming Cup - Slovenia 2015
- UK Cold Water Swim Championships - Tooting Bec Lido 2015
- PHISH (Parliament Hill Icy Swim Hootenanny) 2015
- Pirita Open Winter Swimming Festival - Estonia 2015
- Jelgavas Roni Cup - Latvia 2015
- Chillswim - Windermere 2016
- Pirita Open Winter Swimming Festival -Estonia 2016
- 2nd place overall age group winner of the first Winter Swimming World Cup in 2015
- 2nd place overall age group winner of the first Winter Swimming World Cup in 2016
- second Winter Swimming Festival - Argentina at the Perito Moreno Glacier
Festival Swimming Río de la Plata Cruce Colonia - Buenos Aires[edit]
Swimming with Shivers[edit]
She wrote a story for Swimming With Shivers, a book co-authored by Claire Bunker-Fellingham and Gary Standen about true stories from, by and about open water swimmers doing cold water swimming, winter swimming, and ice swimming. The stories in Swimming with Shivers are from, by and about Carl Atkinson, Deborah Banks, Ram Barkai, Jo Barkwith, Andy Bennett, Katie Blair, Sylvia Bland, Gideon Bright, Claire Bunker-Fellingham, Judith Charman, Sze-Ming Cheung, Chillswim, Tracy Clark, David Coleman, Phil Coombe, Talbott Crowell, Ned Denison, Nick Dorey, Dryrobe, Ros Edmonds, Rory Fitzgerald, Daniel Gilmore, Will Glendinning, Gone Swimming, Rebecca Goodson, Julie Gregory, Shaun Hales, Happy Cold Swimming, Louise Hazelton, Colin Hill, Elaine Howley, International Ice Swimming Association, Roni Jelgavas, Mark Johansen, Jody Jones, Ele Jump, Ger Kennedy, Ivan Lewis, Julie Lloyd, Jules McRobbie, Sally Minty-Gravett MBE, Jaimie Monahan, Steven Munatones, Diane Murphy Weaver, Jim Nyberg, Barry O'Connor, Outdoor Swimmer, Simon Parkin, Lisa Peake, Kevin Proctor, Jane Saycet, Val Smith, Fergal Somerville, Jodi Songhurst, Gary Standen, Lucy Stansfield, Kate Steels-Fryatt, Swimming With Smiles Book, Tidal Wave Fitness, Jonty Warneken, Haydn Welch, Samantha Whelpton, Emily Whittaker, and Nicola Wood.
External links[edit]
- Olympic Gold Raffle Winners Announced
- Swimming With Shivers
- Swimming With Smiles
- Swimming with Smiles
- Special Offer
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Marathon Swimming
- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- I Got Stung
- International Ice Swimming Association
- Swimming With Shivers And Smiles
- Looking Out For All Kinds Of Open Water Opportunities
- Colonia's Chilly Cruce
- Into The Wild, The Joy of Open Water Swimming
- 60 Seconds With Karen Weir (Extreme Swimmer)
- Chills Are Multiplying
- The Big Chill
- Ice Maiden Wins Frozen Lake Swim
- Wild Winter Swimmers Addicted
- More Than 500 Take Part In The Big Chill Swim
- Karen Weir Knows No Bounds In The Open Water
- 800 Heat Up Big Chill Swim In Windermere
