Photos at the 2016 Scandinavian Winter Swimming Championships in Skellefteå, Sweden in 0.1ºC water and -5ºC air, courtesy of Olaf Schneider.
Stage 3 of the International Winter Swimming Association Winter Swimming World Cup circuit was the 5th Scandinavian Winter Swimming Championships held on February 13-14th in Skellefteå, Sweden.
The 25m one-lap course results were as follows:
25m Women 15-19 years
1 Stina Johansson 16.96
2 Sofia Johansson 18.78
25m Women 20-29 years
1 Diana Puttonen 15.19
2 Patricia Kasarigilak 18.30
3 Jenny Liljedahl 18.56
4 Frida Grönhage 19.73
25m Women 30-39 years
1 Jaimie Monahan 17.45
2 Maria Luisa Lozano-Letelier 17.89
3 Emma Stenberg 19.12
4 Maria Sukhova 21.50
5 Angelica Eriksson 21.65
25m Women 40-44 years
1 Linda Waller 17.36
2 Charlotta Törnqvist 20.87
25m Women 45-49 years
1 Anna-Carin Nordin 17.31
2 Maria Omayrat 19.27
3 Ellinor Holmgren 22.13
4 Annika Enqvist 22.87
25m Women 50-54 years
1 Jaqueline Jänike 15.43
2 Sinne Lundgaard 19.45
3 Bodil Lillskrubb 19.92
4 Anna-Karin Brändström 21.00
5 Gun-Marie Lindqvist 21.24
6 Mariia Yrjö-Koskinen 22.18
7 Iva Lundström 24.22
8 Sally Goble 24.43
9 Christina Lindström 26.17
25m Women 55-59 women
1 Eivor Norén 19.04
2 Heljä Pihkala 21.39
3 Marita Sundh 22.42
4 Marzenna Kruszynska-Risberg 23.02
5 Anda Zvigule 23.55
25m Women 60-64 years
1 Christine B-Carlström 20.62
2 Tiina Enqvist 21.63
25m Women 65-69 years
1 Barbro Grufman 21.29
2 Nora Skeppar-Hosioja 23.29
3 Maria Avellan 25.84
25m Women 70-74 years
1 Inger Westman 25.74
2 Iona Hägglund 39.37
25m Men 20-29 years
1 Sakari Yrjö-Koskinen 15.22
2 Filip Brändström-Nyström 16.57
3 Emil Rautio 17.12
4 Johannes Forsmark 18.97
5 Matt Sjölund 19.03
6 Johan Viklund 19.14
7 Thomas Vainio 19.22
8 Alexander Mitrofanov 19.57
25m Men 30-39 years
1 Brian Hoy 13.24
2 Matt Richardson 14.61
3 Harry Thorne 15.09
4 Benedikt Neyses 17.74
5 Marcus Granholm 18.01
6 Jim Nyberg 18.15
7 Daniel Molander 18.50
8 Johan Prieur 18.55
9 Benedito Jose de Almeida Neto 18.61
10 Peter Åbb 18.86
11 Linus Beimo 19.36
12 Denny Viklund 20.40
13 Svante Eriksson 21.23
14 Nicklas Berglund 21.77
15 Stefan Sjölin 24.89
16 Viktor af Sandberg 26.70
25m Men 40-44 years
1 Tobias Burlin 14.83
2 Mikael Söderström 16.29
3 Juha Sihvonen 17.91
4 Konstantin Perepelkin 18.43
5 William Bradley 19.58
6 Andreas Fälth 20.93
7 Jim Wallström 24.29
25m Men 45-49 years
1 Aleksandr Jakovlevs 14.74
2 Roman Karkachev 17.23
3 Magnus Andersson 17.57
4 Urban Lundqvist 17.69
5 Rikard Lundmark 18.73
6 Mattias Sörensen 19.17
7 Urban Lindberg 20.23
8 Michael Karlsson 21.29
9 Per Sundberg 24.41
25m Men 50-54 years
1 Tomas Carlehög 15.29
2 Christer Granström 15.57
3 Per Swärd 15.59
4 Christof Wandratsch 16.35
5 Pär Antonsson 16.62
6 Peter Ljungberg 17.96
7 Stefan Brohlin 18.72
8 Stefan Malmén 18.77
9 Hans Brettschneider 19.07
10 Francois Magny 19.25
11 Kaj Wideman 19.43
12 David Bosch 21.16
25m Men 55-59 years
1 Mark Johnston 15.70
2 Olli Kiviniemi 18.95
3 Petri Enqvist 19.44
4 Roger Nordbrandt 20.24
25m Men 60-64 years
1 Jarkko Enqvist 19.64
2 Seth Borenstien 30.00
25m Men 65-69 years
1 Richard Tegnér 17.76
2 Mats Gustavsson 19.50
3 Stefan Björkman 21.47
4 Åke Palmunen 22.02
5 Lars Avellan 22.82
6 Seppo Halinen 22.90
25m Men 70-74 years
1 Hans Kempe 17.40
2 Jury Ponomarev 22.72
3 Rainer Johnson 24.36
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