Category: Sporting achievements
IWSA Winter Swimming World Championships 2026, Oulu — I. PKO Praha near the Arctic Circle
The IWSA has held the Winter Swimming World Championships every two years since 2000. Over time, the championships have become a truly global event, attracting…
14th Winter Swimming World Championships 2024, Tallinn
A report on I. PKO Praha's participation Anyone who needed a proper cool-down after a mild Czech winter could head to the World Championships in…
13th Winter Swimming World Championships 2023, Bled: our club’s report
In a natural paradise beneath Slovenia's snow-covered Julian Alps, the enchantingly beautiful Lake Bled hosted the 13th Winter Swimming World Championships. Organiser IWSA promised swimming…
Susan’s English Channel
I decided to share the story of my daughter Zuzka Procházková's 2018 English Channel swim from the perspective of her mother, accompanying her on the…
North Channel — two-way relay CZECH IT!!
We did it! Our team — in swimming order — was Petr Šlajs, Rory Fitzgerald, Zuzana Procházková, Zdeněk Sláma, Jakub Valníček and Pavlína Procházková. We…
4th Ice Swimming Aqua Sphere German Open
Updated 28 May 2018 with Nikola Kopecká's video. In autumn 2017, I asked all our winter swimmers to consider entering the competition in Germany. Held…
Czech Winter Swimming Championships 2018 — freestyle, Brno, 10 February
On Saturday 10 February 2018, 151 swimmers gathered in Brno-Bystrc for the Czech Championships and Czech Winter Swimming Cup. Under race director Michal Moravec and…
The Northernmost Ice Mile
Our I. PKO Praha members Leszek Naziemiec, Lukasz Tkacz, Marek Grzywa, Kinga Korin, Mariusz Lebioda and Artur Kubica successfully took to the cold Norwegian waters.…
Nová Paka, 8 April 2017: the winter swimming season finale
The final race of the winter swimming season was a celebration. Our hosts, Karavana otužilců Nová Paka, were marking their twentieth anniversary, so alongside the…
Balviten Baltic Challenge 2016
A year ago, Leszek Naziemiec told us about a planned swim across the Baltic Sea. Swimming 170 km in icy water sounded crazy to me,…