IISA Member Bio

	Jaimie Monahan
	5+
	New York United States
	Country Association United States
IISA ID:	178
Gender:	Female
Age:	40
Ice Miles:	9
ICE 7s:	7

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About Jaimie Monahan

Jaimie Monahan is an American ice swimmer and ultra-marathon swimmer from New York City and has enjoyed cold water swimming everywhere from Antarctica to the Arctic Circle. In July 2017, Jaimie was the first person in history to complete the Ice Sevens Challenge, swimming an ice mile on each continent. During this quest she also became the first female to complete the “Ice Zero Mile” under the International Ice Swimming Association in zero degree water and -30C air temperatures. She is a seven-time US National Champion in Winter Swimming.

In addition to her extreme cold swims Jaimie has completed solo non-stop ultra-marathon endurance swims up to 92 km (57 miles) and 33 hours in duration. She is a three time member of the 24 Hour Club, holds speed records and has completed unprecedented swims in the world\'s most beautiful and iconic locations.

Jaimie is a 2018 Inductee of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, the 2017 and 2016 World Open Water Swimming Association Woman of the Year and won the 2017 Yudovin Award for Most Adventurous Swim and 2016 Barra Award for Best Overall Year by the Global Marathon Swimmers Federation.

Ice Miles

	Swim Date	Swim Location	Water Temp	Wind Chill	Swim Dist.	Swim Time	Water Conditions	Air Temp	Wind Speed	Support
1	2 Apr 2016	Reykjavík, Iceland	3.70°C	3.00°C	1.00mi	0:35:00	Sea (Open Sea)	5.60°C	12 km/h	-	view
2	18 Dec 2016	Tyumen, Russia	-0.03°C	-31.00°C	1.03mi	0:30:20	Lake (Ice Pool in Freshwater Lake)	-31.00°C	4 km/h	-	view
3	13 Feb 2017	Aguelmame Sidi Ali Lake. Mo...	4.90°C	-0.50°C	1.02mi	0:32:18	Lake (Freshwater Mountain Lake)	3.00°C	14 km/h	-	view
4	4 Mar 2017	Mikkelvik Brygge, Karlsøy,...	2.37°C	-3.50°C	1.11mi	0:32:09	Sea (Open Sea)	-3.50°C	4 km/h	-	view
5	9 Mar 2017	M Street Beach, Boston, Mas...	4.63°C	6.10°C	1.01mi	0:26:16	Sea (Open Sea )	9.00°C	20 km/h	-	view
6	15 May 2017	Tasman Lake, Aoraki Mt. Coo...	2.37°C	14.00°C	1.14mi	0:26:44	Lake (Freshwater Glacier Lake)	14.00°C	-	-	view
7	2 Jul 2017	Los Cauquenes Resort Beach,...	4.77°C	5.90°C	1.13mi	0:29:05	Sea (Private Beach on Beagle Channel, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina)	5.90°C	4 km/h	-	view
8	6 Mar 2018	Paradise Harbour, Antarctica	0.57°C	1.00°C	1.01mi	0:30:49	Sea (Open Harbour with Saltwater and Icebergs/Glaciers)	1.00°C	1 km/h	-	view
9	10 Jun 2018	Ilulissat Harbour, Greenland	2.43°C	4.00°C	1.10mi	0:29:40	Sea (Harbour)	4.00°C	2 km/h	-	view

IISA 1km Swims

	Swim Date	Event Name	Country Association	Event Venue	Swim Time	Stroke	Water Temp	Wind Chill	AR	ER
1	20 Mar 2015	IISA 1st World Champio...	Russian Federation	Lake Semenovskoye, Mur...	18:23:00	Crawl	0.08°C	-5.00°C			view
2	26 Feb 2016	Estonian 1km Ice Swimm...	Estonia	Tallinn	18:16:00	Crawl	0.00°C	0.00°C		ER	view
3	6 Jan 2017	2nd Ice Swimming Aqua ...	Germany	Burghausen, Bavaria	16:51:38	Crawl	3.40°C	-11.10°C			view
4	18 Mar 2019	IISA III World Champ M...	Russian Federation	murmansk, semyonovskoe...	17:56:60	Crawl	0.00°C	-6.30°C			view
5	28 Dec 2019	Amstel Ice Swim	Netherlands	Amsterdam, The Amstel	24:19:31	Crawl	5.30°C	-2.80°C	Open Water		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	29 Dec 2019	Amstel Ice Swim	Amsterdam, The Amstel	Netherlands	200m Freestyle	04:19:16	5.30°C	-2.8°C	view
2	29 Dec 2019	Amstel Ice Swim	Amsterdam, The Amstel	Netherlands	100m Freestyle	01:42:35	5.30°C	-2.8°C	view
3	29 Dec 2019	Amstel Ice Swim	Amsterdam, The Amstel	Netherlands	50m Freestyle	00:39:79	5.30°C	-2.8°C	view