IISA Member Bio

	Ram Barkai IISA Board Chairman, Founder Country Ambassador
	10+
	Cape Town South Africa
	Country Association South Africa
IISA ID:	1
Gender:	Male
Age:	62
Ice Miles:	11
ICE 7s:	4

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About Ram Barkai

Ice Swimmer, open water swimmer, cold water swimmer – basically loves to swim anywhere, anytime any place as long as it is clean, in the open and hopefully cold. Lives in South Africa, Camps Bay, father to 4 beautiful, bright and adorable (and expensive) kids.
I have lived in many places and swam in many places, I simply believe that life has to be lived to the utmost full with a strong focus on health of body and mind and healthy respect to mad adventures.
I believe that every single person out there has a superhuman or hero hiding inside him or her and it is entirely up to that person to unlock that superhuman, ignore what everyone and society told us about what we can’t do and shouldn’t do and let it thrive with humility and respect to others.

The Ice is calling….Never be scared to dare!

Ice Miles

	Swim Date	Swim Location	Water Temp	Wind Chill	Swim Dist.	Swim Time	Water Conditions	Air Temp	Wind Speed	Support
1	31 Jan 2009	Lake Zurich, Switzerland	4.00°C	0.00°C	1.43mi	0:43:00	Open Water (lake)	-	-	Boat	view
2	17 Jul 2010	Fraserburg, RSA	4.50°C	5.00°C	1.00mi	0:33:00	Open Water (Lake)	-	-	Boat	view
3	23 Jul 2011	Fraserburg, RSA	5.00°C	10.00°C	1.00mi	0:28:59	Open Water (Lake)	-	-	Boat	view
4	4 Jan 2012	Loch Fiskaley, Scotland	2.00°C	0.00°C	1.00mi	0:28:03	Open Water (Lake)	-	-	Boat	view
5	15 Jul 2012	Fraserburg, RSA	1.70°C	-5.00°C	1.00mi	0:31:33	Open Water (Lake)	-	-	Boat	view
6	31 Jan 2013	Lake Holborough, Kent, UK	3.50°C	0.00°C	1.00mi	0:31:14	Open Water (Lake)	-	-	Boat	view
7	23 Mar 2013	Murmansk, Russia	0.00°C	0.00°C	1.00mi	0:32:43	Open Water (Lake)	-	-	Boat	view
8	31 Dec 2014	Vltava River, Branik, Pragu...	4.60°C	-2.00°C	1.03mi	0:30:00	Open Water (River)	-2.00°C	-	Boat	view
9	31 Dec 2015	Aukreyri, Iceland	4.63°C	-15.00°C	1.00mi	0:32:18	Sea (Fjord )	-	37 km/h	-	view
10	12 Jun 2017	Lake Baikal, Russia	4.70°C	17.00°C	1.00mi	0:31:45	Lake (Lake Baikal)	17.00°C	4 km/h	-	view
11	22 Jun 2017	Svalbard, Arctic Sea	4.61°C	0.30°C	1.03mi	0:28:16	Sea (Glacial fjord in the Arctic)	3.80°C	15 km/h	-	view

IISA 1km Swims

	Swim Date	Event Name	Country Association	Event Venue	Swim Time	Stroke	Water Temp	Wind Chill	AR
1	11 Jan 2015	1st Aqua Sphere Ice Sw...	Germany	Lake Woehrsee, Burghausen	17:20:00	Crawl	4.80°C	0.00°C	AR	view
2	20 Mar 2015	IISA 1st World Champio...	Russian Federation	Lake Semenovskoye, Mur...	16:39:00	Crawl	0.08°C	-5.00°C		view
3	19 Dec 2015	River Labe CZ Ice Swim...	Czech Republic	Hradec Kralove	17:59:00	Crawl	4.70°C	7.00°C		view
4	10 Jan 2016	2. Aqua Sphere Ice Swi...	Germany	Burghausen	17:28:00	Crawl	3.90°C	0.00°C		view
5	23 Jan 2016	Polish Championships -...	Poland	Katowice	16:55:00	Crawl	2.00°C	0.00°C		view
6	30 Jan 2016	International Ice Swim...	Ireland	Wild Water, Armagh	16:53:00	Crawl	4.50°C	-8.00°C		view
7	7 Aug 2016	IISA SA 2016 Champ	South Africa	Afriski resort, Lesoth...	25:48:00	Crawl	4.00°C	5.00°C	Open Water	view
8	6 Jan 2017	2nd Ice Swimming Aqua ...	Germany	Burghausen, Bavaria	16:58:85	Crawl	3.40°C	-11.10°C	AR	view
9	11 Feb 2017	Ice Cup & GB Ice Swimm...	Great Britain	The Cruin, Loch Lomond...	22:08:00	Crawl	4.20°C	0.90°C	Open Water	view
10	8 Jun 2017	Russia 2017 Baikal Mile	Russian Federation	lake Baikal.	18:58:43	Crawl	4.60°C	22.00°C	Open Water	view
11	7 Jan 2018	Ice Swimming German Open	Germany	Veitsbronn	17:36:30	Crawl	3.80°C	6.00°C		view
12	25 Feb 2018	IISA GB Championships	Great Britain	Hatfield Outdoor Activ...	16:13:44	Crawl	3.60°C	1.10°C		view
13	23 Nov 2018	Antarctica Ice Swimmin...	Antarctica	Port Lockroy, Antarctica	18:47:22	Crawl	-1.20°C	-7.60°C	Open Water	view
14	18 Mar 2019	IISA III World Champ M...	Russian Federation	murmansk, semyonovskoe...	17:32:61	Crawl	0.00°C	-6.30°C		view
15	28 Jul 2019	Africa Lesotho Ice Swi...	South Africa	Afriski, Lesotho, africa	22:38:61	Crawl	2.00°C	1.80°C	Open Water	view
16	6 Jan 2020	6th Ice Swimming Aqua ...	Germany	Veitsbronn Germany	18:03:00	Crawl	2.80°C	4.00°C		view
17	23 Feb 2020	IISA GB CHAMPIONSHIPS	Great Britain	SANDFORD LIDO	17:04:47	Crawl	0.00°C	0.00°C		view

AR = Age-Group Record

ER = Swim Event Record

WR = World Record

WC = World Championship Record

IISA Short Swims

	Swim Date	Event Name	Event Venue	Country Association	Event Distance	Swim Time (mm:ss:cc)	Water Temp	Wind Chill
1	7 Jan 2018	Ice Swimming German Open	Veitsbronn	Germany	200m Freestyle	02:56:20	3.80°C	6.0°C	view
2	25 Feb 2018	IISA GB Championships	Hatfield Outdoor Activ...	Great Britain	500m Freestyle	07:48:65	3.60°C	1.1°C	view
3	25 Feb 2018	IISA GB Championships	Hatfield Outdoor Activ...	Great Britain	100m Freestyle	01:20:69	3.60°C	1.1°C	view
4	1 Aug 2019	Africa Lesotho Ice Swi...	Afriski, Lesotho, africa	South Africa	500m Freestyle	10:24:33	2.00°C	1.8°C	view
5	23 Feb 2020	IISA GB CHAMPIONSHIPS	SANDFORD LIDO	Great Britain	100m Freestyle	01:21:16	0.00°C	0.0°C	view

Qualifying Swims

	Swim Date	Swim Location	Swimmer Condition	Status	Swim Dist.	Water Temp	Wind Chill	Swim Time	Stroke	Observer
1	14 Feb 2016	Lough Dan, County Wicklow	Good	Accepted	1610m	5.60°C	0.00°C	32:00:00	Crawl	Fergal Somerville	view

Other Swims

Solo

	Swim Date	Location (Description)	Time Taken	Swim Distance	Avg Dist. Per Day	Water Temp	Wind Chill	Observer / Witness	Awards
1	6 Feb 2008	Antarctica 70 South - GWR (GWR - most southerly Swim )	22:05	1,000 m	-	0°C	0°C	Patrick Woodhead		view
2	2 Mar 2014	Neko Harbour Antarctica (Antarctic Circle Challenge...)	31:00	1,200 m	-	-1°C	-5°C	Gavin Pike		view