Gerda Holla, a 49-year-old Dutch extreme athlete became the most recent Iron Icewoman by completing both an Ice Mile and a full Ironman triathlon.
After three Ice Kilometers and other qualifying swims, Holla became an Ice Miler in January 2020 in Oostwoud, The Netherlands in 4.30°C water and 4.40°C air, completing the mile in 32 minutes 4 seconds.
She became the 17th Iron Icewoman in history when she completed the Challenge Almere-Amsterdam on September 9th in 14 hours 45 minutes.
Iron Icewomen in History
- 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
- 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
- Cindy Hughes (USA) on 20 November 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
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