White water swimming

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White water swimming refers to swimming in white water . It is one of the extreme sports due to the high risk of injury .

Emergence

White water swimming has developed as a sport within water rescue organizations , parallel to white water paddling and rafting . Since with the more frequent accidents in the water , more competent rescue workers were needed who needed swimming qualifications and therefore had to be in training .

equipment

For safety reasons, it is advisable for swimmers in white water to wear a wetsuit , life jacket and hard hat, because otherwise driftwood or underwater rocks could lead to injuries. Sturdy shoes and gloves are also helpful.

Professional canyoning organizations, such as the CIC, advise against using a life jacket in white water, as this additional buoyancy device can make it difficult or even impossible to dive into rollers. In addition, a life jacket hinders swimming movements.

Professional organizers decide whether to use the life jacket based on the selected route.

Competitions

history

Between 2008 and 2014 the Bodyrafting Challenge - International German Championships in white water swimming took place in Roppen in Tyrol . The world championships in white water swimming have been held in Lienz in Tyrol in Austria since June 2011 .

procedure

Bodyrafting Challenge - International German championships in white water swimming

The competition includes training runs, preliminary runs, intermediate runs and finals. The competition course length is approx. Two km, whereby the competitors start on the river bank, then swim downstream with the current and have to touch a checkpoint on land every approx. 500 m until the finish on the bank is reached again.

Whitewater Trophy - World Championship in white water swimming

The start takes place from the seven meter high Tagger-Lutz bridge. The route then leads about 4.3 km over the white water river Isel through the urban area of Lienz . In addition to three running passages, you have to pass checkpoints, master the city slalom and cross the river three times and master another seven-meter jump from a bridge.

See also

literature

  • Georg Fernsebner: Fascination with white water: white water swimming; Rafting; Canyoning; Hazards ; Safety ; Rescue; a textbook from the Austrian Water Rescue - Landesgruppe Tirol , Tyrolia-Verlag, 1998, ISBN 9783702221546

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Burkhard Hole becomes German runner-up in: Schwäbische Zeitung from September 17th, 2010
  2. ↑ International professional association for canyoning guides. Retrieved December 25, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Michael Jordan: Experience white water in Slovenia and France. In: www.verdon.de. Retrieved December 25, 2016 .
  4. ↑ White water swimming: 3rd International German Championships ( Memento of the original from November 17, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.bayerischer-schwimmverband.de
  5. ↑ Good placements for the Straubinger at the Wildwasser-DM in Tyrol  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: Donaublatt of September 30, 2010@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.idowa.de  
  6. ↑ Results in white water swimming- Int. German Championships September 7, 2013 in Roppen
  7. ↑ Bruises and record times from September 11, 2013 on: SWIM.de from September 11, 2013
  8. ↑ Daniel Schwarz manages the hat trick in: Schwäbische Zeitung from September 18, 2013
  9. ↑ 1st World Championships in white water swimming on June 11, 2011