Winter Swimming World Championships (WSWC) is masters championships in the men's and women's age categories (A to J2) organized by International Winter Swimming Association (IWSA) which was founded in 2006 after great success and huge international attendance at the 2006 Finnish Winter Swimming Championships in Oulu. They have been held at biennial intervals in various locations since the year 2000 and follow the IWSA winter swimming rules.
Overview
Year#CountryMunicipalityDateNotices20001. HelsinkiAbout 500 participants, it is considered to be the first WSWC20012. JyväskyläAbout 750 participants20023. KajaaniAbout 650 participants20044. MuonioAbout 300 participants, the prevailing style is still "head-up breaststroke"20065. OuluSwimming in the river, 1st major international winter swimming event, 980 people20086. London680 people, for the first time endurance swimming competition 450 m20107.Bled790 persons, 450 m for the first time in open water20128.Jurmala20–22 January1129 participants20149. Rovaniemi20–23 March1244 participants201610.Tyumen8–10 March1275 participants, strong competition201811.Tallinn6–10 March1386 persons, swimming pool in sea port, water 0 °C, + butterfly style202012.Bled3–9 February1042 persons, for the first time also a 1000 m competition (in the lake)202313.Bled890 participants202414.Tallinn1405 participants202615.Oulu2–8 March202816.El Calafate
The planned venue for the WSWC 2022 Championship is Lake Onega near the town of Petrozavodsk in the Republic of Karelia in Russia, on 21 to 27 March 2022. And in following references are additional facts concerning WSWC 2020 in Bled.
References
External links
video IWSA - 10 years WSWC 2022