Amsterdam Ice Swim served as the Dutch Ice Swimming Championship and was held in Jeugdland Amsterdam on December 16th – 17th in 6.40°C water and 9°C air temperatures.

Tiffany Pierrejean ripped off a fast 1000m freestyle, winning the women’s division in 14:20.77, the fastest time overall for the up-and-coming 20-year-old French phenom. Meanwhile, event director Fergil Hesterman pulled double duties as organizer and swimmer.He finished in 14:39.30, first among the men.

Christa Hesterman, Secretary and co-founder of the International Ice Swimming Association Netherlands, said, “We had a record number of participants this year. It is very good for our beautiful sport.”

IISA Netherlands was founded in 2019 by Richard Broer, Fergil Hesterman and Christa Hesterman with Irene van der Laan and Jac Guijt as board members. The IISA Netherlands promotes ice swimming in the Netherlands by setting up training groups and encouraging people to organize competitions. The IISA Netherlands also actively organizes official courses to train IISA officials.

Men’s 1000m Freestyle Results

1. Fergil Hesterman (Netherlands, 30) 14:39.30
2. Guillaume Le Loher (France, 25) 14:49.93
3. Alex Rossi (Italy, 47) 15:32.63
4. Alexander Schilder (Netherlands, 32) 15:42.47
5. Mark Thies (Netherlands, 54) 16:57.17
6. Albert Stienezen (Netherlands, 58) 17:16.42
7. Kevin Audouy (France, 27) 18:18.36
8. Aryvdas Platakis (41) 18:24.21
9. Edwin Romijn (Netherlands, 56) 18:39.00
10. Charalampos Theodosis (47) 18:45.00
11. Christian Carlie (Netherlands, 49) 19:14.75
12. Ryusaku Kubota (Japan, 54) 19:25.04
13. Theo van der Meer (Netherlands, 58) 19:56.29
14. Ludovic Charfaz (France, 47) 21:38.65
15. Louise Pelerin (France, 44) 24:14.03
16. Maxime Valabregue (France, 56) 26:04.20

Women’s 1000m Freestyle Results

1. Tiffany Pierrejean (France, 20) 14:20.77
2. Linda Hoogendam (Netherlands, 40) 16:17.61
3. Anja Ruven (Netherlands, 42) 16:20.84
4. Gerda Holla (Netherlands, 50) 17:38.02
5. Lilianne Sweene (Netherlands, 26) 17:45.39
6. Karin van Nassau van den Heuvel (Netherlands, 57) 17:53.76
7. Barbara Resch (Germany, 53) 18:25.73
8. Julia Zeen (Netherlands, 46) 18:51.28
9. Inge Wolfs (Netherlands, 63) 19:13.91
10. Cath Pendleton (Great Britain, 51) 21:42.25
11. Niennke Hendriks Tuininga (Netherlands, 43) 21:53.83
12. Annabel Médard (France, 44) 22:08.24
13. Caroline Stel (Netherlands, 62) 25:41.99

Men’s 500m Freestyle Results – Top Three

1. Virgile Poirier (France, 23) 6:46.57
2. Alexander Schilder (Netherlands, 32) 7:29.33
3. Emil Andreassen (37) 7:34.73

Women’s 500m Freestyle Results – Top Three

1. Petra Guijt (Netherlands, 47) 7:46.08
2. Linda Hoogendam (Netherlands, 40) 7:52.79
3. Anja Ruven (Netherlands, 42) 8:02.21

Men’s 250m Freestyle Results – Top Three

1. Bob Harmsen (Netherlands, 32) 3:17.81
2. Virgile Poirier (France, 23) 3:18.91
3. Roel Janssen (Netherlands, 21) 3:20.23

Women’s 250m Freestyle Results – Top Three

1. Janneke Harmsen Bakker (Netherlands, 46) 3:28.25
2. Petra Guijt (Netherlands, 47) 3:44.32
3. Julia Ervio (Luxembourg, 28) 3:57.55

Para 250m Freestyle Results

1. Cristian Civato (Italy, 39) 6:58.21

Men’s 100m Freestyle Results – Top Three

1. Bob Harmsen (Netherlands, 32) 1:03.01
2. Peer van Bemmelen (Netherlands, 22) 1:04.88
3. Roel Janssen (Netherlands, 21) 1:06.42

Women’s 100m Freestyle Results – Top Three

1. Janneke Harmsen Bakker (Netherlands, 46) 1:14.58
2. Anja Ruven (Netherlands, 42) 1:21.47
3. Julia Ervio (Luxembourg, 28) 1:24.34

Para 100m Freestyle Results

1. Tina Deeken (Germany, 47) 1:33.21

Men’s 100m Breaststroke Results – Top Three

1. Bob Harmsen (Netherlands, 32) 1:21.83
2. Jonas Coene (Germany, 32) 1:24.99
3. Roel Janssen (Netherlands, 21) 1:25.50

Women’s 100m Breaststroke Results – Top Three

1. Tiffany Pierrejean (Netherlands, 20) 1:37.12
2. Friedolien de Fraiture (Netherlands, 41) 1:49.02
3. Marije Dirkx (Netherlands, 41) 1:49.06

Para Men’s 100m Breaststroke Results – Top Three

1. Cristian Civato (Italy, 39) 2:31.57

Para Women’s 100m Breaststroke Results – Top Three

1. Tina Deeken (Germany, 47) 2:01.16

Men’s 50m Freestyle Results – Top Three

1. Peer van Bemmelen (Netherlands, 22) 28.58
2. Role Janssen (Netherlands, 2) 30.17
3. Rob van Wanrooy (Netherlands, 41) 31.93

Women’s 50m Freestyle Results – Top Three

1. Janneke Harmsen Bakker (Netherlands, 46) 33.31
2. Julia Ervio (Luxembourg, 28) 37.97
3. Caroline Kruger(Netherlands, 55) 39.11

Para Men’s 50m Freestyle Results

1. Johannes Wilken (Germany, 37) 44.55

Para Women’s 50m Freestyle Results

1. Tina Deeken (Germany, 47) 41.13

4x250m Freestyle Relay Results

1. France 14:07.45
2. Amsterdam Ice Swim 15:41.62
3. Dream Team 17:03.0
4. CoolHuy 17:55.10
5. Zoef 18:22.20
6. Surfplas Ice Swimmers 19:30.36
7. H3D 21:49.46

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