Krzysztof Gajewski
Krzysztof Gajewski (born 25 March 1992) is a 33-year-old open water swimmer from Zielona Góra, Poland.
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Open Water Swimming Highlights
- On 13 December 2025, he swam 3.7438 miles (6.025 km) in 4.18°C water and 9.70°C air temperatures in 1 hour 52 minutes 52 seconds in a pool lake in Kopalnia Wroclaw, Poland.
- On 6 April 2025, he swam 1.8828 miles (3.03 km) in 3.89°C water and -0.90°C air temperature in 56 minutes 52 seconds in the sea at Stornes, Norway.
- On 19 April 2023, he swam 3.7282 miles (6.0 km) in 1 hour 46 minutes 16 seconds in 4.84°C water and 1.00°C air temperature in a pool lake in Czarma Gora Resort, Poland.
- On 12 March 2023, he swam 3.1069 miles (5.0 km) in 1 hour 24 minutes 43 seconds in 4.84°C water and -0.50°C air temperature in a pool lake at Kopalnia Wroclaw, Poland.
- On 1 December 2022, he swam 1.24 miles in -0.02°C water and 0.00°C air at 3,250m altitude in 43 minutes 8 seconds in Kopalnia Wroclaw, Poland.
- On 16 December 2021, he completed an Ice Mile in 3.39°C water and 4.60°C air, swimming 3.91 km (2.43 miles) in total in 1 hour 19 minutes 34 seconds in a lake in Kopalnia Wrocław, Paniowice, breaking the distance Ice Mile record of Krzysztof Kubiak set on 28 March 2021 of 3.75 km in 1 hour 4 minutes 30 seconds in 4.4°C water in Bystrzyckie Lake, Zagórze, Poland.
- On 21 January 2017, he competed an Ice Kilometer at the Polish Championship IISA World Cup event in Katowice, Poland finishing in 18 minutes 58.48 seconds in 1.50°C water and 0.00°C air.
- On 13 January 2018, he competed an Ice Kilometer at the Polish Championship IISA ICE Cup in Katowice, Poland finishing in 14 minutes 25.64 seconds in 2.30°C water and -7.80°C air.
- On 7-9 August 2020, he swam 110 km in 48 hours in a lake in Poland.
- On 17-18 June 2018, he swam 127 km in 48 hours in a lake in Poland.
- He completed the 2016 21 km Maratón Acuático Tabarca-Alicante between Tabarca Island and Alicante city off the Mediterranean coast in Spain.
Lake Swim
Gajewski swam 110 km in 48 hours between 7-9 August 2020.
Gajewski swam 127 km in 48 hours 17 June 2018.
2021 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Award Nomination
He was nominated for the 2021 World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year Award. The winners and nominees included:
Winner: Avram Iancu (Romania)
First Runner-up: José Eduardo do Amaral Ferreira (Brazil)
Second Runner-up: Jordan Leckey (Ireland)
4. Krzysztof Gajewski (Poland)
5. Meliah Motchman (Canada)
6. Courtney Moates Paulk (USA)
7. Rusya – Türkiye Uluslararasi Karadeniz 320 km Açik Deniz Yüzme Maratonu (Russia – Turkey)
8. Jennifer Dutton (USA)
9. John Batchelder (USA)
10. Serge Gellé and Andrianarison Jimmy Laitsara (Madagascar)
11. Qing Li (USA)
12. Défi Titicaca (France)
13. Anna Brown (Andorra)
14. Oceane Cassignol (France)
15. Matan Roditi (Israel)
External links
- How Much Is Too Much?
- Brutally Cold, Brutally Tough: Krzysztof Gajewski Is Hardened To The Core
- International Ice Swimming Association bio
- Krzysztof Gajewski Instagram
- Among The Pantheon of Ice Swimming Polar Bears Is A Sea Bull
- Marathon Ice Swimmers, Hardened To The Core
- Distance Ice Swims, International Ice Swimming Association
- 7 Stages of Cold Water Swimming – The Cold Water Perception Scale
- Is The Inexplicable A Limitation Of Our Current Mindset?
- International Ice Swimming Association bio
- The Longest Ice Swim Challenge Achieved by Krzysztof Gajewski
- IISA bio
- International Ice Swimming Association
- Tabarca Marathon Swim
- Jose Luis Larrosa Sets Record At Tabarca Marathon Swim
- World Open Water Swimming Association
- Open Water Swimming
- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim round-up
- Marathon Swimming
- Olympic 10K Marathon Swim
- Daily News of Open Water Swimming
- I Got Stung
- World Marathon Swimming Association
