Extreme swimming
Extreme swimming is the practice of swimming as a sporting discipline under exceptional conditions or over very long distances. In its basic form, extreme swimming is not carried out as a competition between several participants, but rather without time pressure to improve one's own body condition.
People like Bruno Dobelmann , Bruno Baumgartner and Hamza Bakircioglu have swam through straits such as the English Channel ( canal swimming ), the Fehmarnbelt ( belt crossing ), the Strait of Gibraltar and large lakes such as Lake Constance ( Bodensee crossing ) and are considered to be "extreme swimmers". Ocean's Seven is a long-distance swimming challenge and is considered a marathon swim equivalent to the Mountaineering Seven Summits .
Christof Wandratsch from Haiming / Upper Bavaria is known as the "forefather" of German extreme swimming . He has achieved a number of titles in the extreme swimmer scene and also organizes swim camps for newcomers. In 2013 he made the first longitudinal crossing of Lake Constance and in 2016 he was the first swimmer to successfully complete all three Lake Constance crossings with just one attempt each.
The originator of the term “extreme swimmer” and the organizer of many extreme swimming events in 2011 was the passionate amateur swimmer Oliver Halder from Winnenden . These extreme swimming events in Germany include the Lake Constance crossing , the Ice Swimming German Open and the Bodyrafting Challenge ( white water swimming ).
Ice swimming
Another form of extreme swimming is swimming for longer periods at water temperatures below 5 ° Celsius. The Ice Swimming German Open has been taking place in the Wöhrsee in Burghausen for several years . The Ice Swimming World Championships are also planned for 2017 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Bruno Dobelmann manages to cross the Belt twice. Retrieved September 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Extreme swimmer Bruno Baumgartner: Longing for the sea. In: Spiegel Online. Retrieved September 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Hamza Bakircioglu can cross the line in 30 hours. Retrieved September 3, 2016 .
- ↑ Extreme swimmer Christof Wandratsch has crossed Lake Constance three times. In: Südkurier. July 26, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016 .
- ^ Winnenden: Swim and let swim - Stuttgarter Zeitung. In: Stuttgarter-Zeitung.de. Retrieved September 3, 2016 .