Category: Sporting achievements
How I. PKO Praha swam in the 2012/2013 winter season
UPDATED WITH I. PKO SWIMMERS’ ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2012/2013 I. PKO swimmers’ achievements in 2012/2013, PDF First of all, this was a highly successful season for…
The Season’s Final Cold-Water Races in Nová Paka
“Čeření Bahňáku” in Nová Paka once again lived up to expectations, with a wonderful atmosphere despite the April weather. The winter season said goodbye with…
Czech Championships — Brno 2012
On Saturday 11 February 2012, Brno’s Svratka hosted another Czech Winter Swimming Championships, this time freestyle and in truly wintry conditions. The water was 1.0°C…
We Won the Mayor’s Cup in Plzeň
Racing at Plzeň’s Bolevecký Pond traditionally provides one of the tougher cold-water challenges. This year was no exception, although the event had moved a week…
Winter Swimming Cup Results 2009/2010
The 2009/2010 Czech Winter Swimming Cup ended with “Čeření Bahňáku” in Nová Paka on 10 April. We once again defended second place overall in the…
Czech Winter Swimming Championships, Čehovice 2010
On Holy Saturday, 3 April 2010, winter swimmers finally contested their 16th national freestyle championships, with twenty clubs from across the Czech Republic. The event…
We Won the Mayor’s Cup 2009
On Saturday 28 November 2009, Bolevecký Pond in Plzeň hosted the eighth round of the Czech Winter Swimming Cup. Alongside the usual points, teams competed…
Czech Open-Water Swimming Cup 2009
The Czech Open-Water Swimming Cup 2009 ended with a final 5 km race in Krnov on 7 November. Registered participation reached a record 635 swimmers:…
Czech Winter Swimming Championships, Slavkov 2009
On 10 October 2009, Slavkov’s outdoor pool hosted the fifth Czech Winter Swimming Breaststroke Championships, with seventeen clubs. One gold and two bronze medals put…
The Oldest Open-Water Swimmer of 2009
The oldest Czech open-water distance swimmer in the 2009 competition season is our member, cold-water swimmer Oldřich Pospíšil, born in 1938. A broken arm limited…