Adele Havercroft, a 48-year-old British triathlete and ice swimmer from Brough, England, became the most recent Iron Icewoman in history.
Years ago, she completed the 2019 Ironman UK in 14 hours 22 minutes.
Most recently, she completed the second leg of the Iron Icewoman challenge: the Ice Mile.
In Hatfield, Doncaster on January 20th 2024, the English Channel swimmer added another feather to her swim cap when she completed an Ice Mile in 4.60°C water and 4.00°C air temperature, swimming 1.0253 miles in 39 minutes 8 seconds.
Iron Icewomen in History
- Kellie Joyce Latimer (USA) in December 2014
- Jaimie Monahan (USA) in April 2016
- Claire Bustin-Mulkern (UK) in January 2017
- Conny Prasser (Germany) in January 2017
- Corinna Nolan (Ireland) in February 2018
- Elina Mäkinen (Finland) in August 2018
- Sophia Nash (Scotland) in January 2019
- Erin Churchill (USA) in December 2019
- Claudia Müller (Austria) in January 2020
- Hanna Bakuniak (Poland) in August 2020
- Cindy Hughes (USA) in November 2020
- Anja Binder (Germany) in August 2021
- Qing Li (USA) in December 2021 (achieved within 29 days)
- Kaetlyn Taylor (USA) in March 2022
- Trisha Harvey (Scotland) in December 2022
- Angela Wood (England) in December 2022
- Madina Kurmanbaeva (Kazakhstan) in January 2023
- Gerda Holla (Netherlands) in September 2023
- Adele Havercroft (England) in January 2024
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