Christoph Sivich (IISA bio here) started out in the extreme sports world as a triathlete – finishing Ironman Triathlons in Frankfurt, France Nizza, Regensburg, Switzerland, and Kärnten Austria between 11 hours 19 minutes and 13 hours 14 minutes between 2008 and 2013.

But since his triathlon days are in the past, the 48-year-old Wein, Austria native took up ice swimming in 2020 and has since completed the following Ice Kilometers:

• ÖM Altenwörth 2020 in 23 minutes 40.70 seconds
• Hallstättersee 2022 in 20 minutes 39.56 seconds
• ÖM Altenwörth 2023 in 20 minutes 48.90 seconds
• Hallstättersee 2023 in 21 minutes 18.6 seconds
• IISA EM Oradea 2024 in 20 minutes 56.3 seconds
• Hallstättersee 2024 in 19 minutes 41.83 seconds
• IISA 6th World Championship, Molveno, Italy 2025 in 21 minutes 11.93 in 1.94°C water

And now he has stepped up in the Ice.

On January 6th in Badeschiff in Vienna on the Danube Canal, he completed an Ice Mile in 33 minutes 53 seconds in 4.33°C water and 3.60°C air to become the newest Iron Iceman.

• ‪Pádraig Mallon‪ (Ireland) on 20 January 2013
• ‪Paul Fowler‪ (UK) on 29 December 2013
• ‪Stuart Hinde‪ (UK) on 2 March 2014
• Christof Wandratsch (Germany) on 27 December 2014
• ‪Paolo Chiarino‪ (Italy) on 6 January 2015
• ‪John Dyer‪ (UK) on 23 January 2016
• ‪Cerys Thomas‪ (Gibraltar) on 10 February 2016
• Kieron Palframan (South Africa)
• David Coleman‪ (New Zealand) on 14 January 2017
• ‪Leszek Naziemiec‪ (Poland) on 19 March 2017
• Donald McDonald (UK) on 2 February 2018
• Mark Hannigan (Ireland) on 3 February 2018
• Peter Bacon (England) on 3 February 2018
• Uli Munz (Germany) on 3 February 2018
• James Leitch (Scotland) on 10 March 2018
• Andrew Ainge (UK) on 10 March 2018
• Graeme Flitcroft (UK) on 24 March 2018
• Noel Grimes (Ireland) on 19 August 2018
• Ger Kennedy (Ireland)
• Stefan Jung (Germany) on 18 January 2019
• Theo van der Meer (Netherlands) on 18 January 2019
• Philippe Fort (France) on 20 January 2019
• Stephen Rouch (USA) on 23 January 2019
• Mark Dempsey (Ireland) on 2 February 2019
• Joe Zemaitis (USA) on 28 February 2019
• Jerry George (USA) on 28 February 2019
• Alexandre Fuzeau (France) on 4 August 2019 [first within one calendar year for a Guinness World Record
• Lars Mack (Germany) on 4 January 2020
• Darran Cusick (UK) on 7 March 2020
• Hassan Baraka (Morocco) on 21 January 2021
• Alan Gleeson (Ireland) on 30 January 2021
• Albert Stienezen (Netherlands) on 14 January 2022
• William Murphy (Ireland) on 23 January 2022
• Marek Rother (Poland) on 4 September 2022
• Ian Wright (England) on 17 December 2022
• Mark Dempsey (Ireland) on 2 February 2019
• Peter Hancock (Australia) in June 2023
• Robert Vasiliu (Romania) in June 2023
• Marcin Schabowski (Poland) on 3 September 2023
• Philipp Tiefenbrunn (Austria) on 16 June 2024
• Christoph Sivich (Austria) on 6 January 2025

Iron Icewomen include:

• Kellie Joyce Latimer‪ (USA) on 14 December 2014
• ‪Jaimie Monahan‪ (USA) on 2 April 2016
• Claire Bustin-Mulkern‪ (UK) on 25 January 2017
• ‪Conny Prasser‪ (Germany) on 27 January 2017
• Corinna Nolan (Ireland) on 3 February 2018
• Elina Makinen (Finland) on 5 August 2018
• Sophia Nash (Scotland) on 19 January 2019
• Erin Churchill (USA) on 14 December 2019
• Claudia Müller (Austria) on 19 January 2020
• Hanna Bakuniak (Poland) on 22 August 2020
• Cindy Hughes (USA) on 29 November 2020
• Anja Binder (Germany) on 9 August 2021
• Qing Li (USA) on 5 December 2021 (achieved within 29 days)
• Kaetlyn Taylor (USA) on 20 March 2022
• Trisha Harvey (Scotland) on 17 December 2022
• Angela Wood (England) on 17 December 2022
• Madina Kurmanbaeva (Kazakhstan) on 21 January 2023
• Gerda Holla (Netherlands) on 9 September 2023
• Adele Havercroft (England) on 20 January 2024

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