ICE Hall of Fame - Honoree

MaleAleksander Brylin(54)

Russian Federation

Russian Federation

Swimmer Honoree 2019

Aleksander Brylin

Aleksander Brylin

Country: Russia

Aleksander, or Sasha as we know him, played a significant role in the history of Ice Swimming. He was the first one to open his country doors to ice swimmers from all over the world and welcome us to their Icy waters. Sasha is a formidable Ice Swimmer. Although he always swims breaststroke, he has done some amazing swims in the ICE. His probably most epic swim was a 1:06 hour swim in 0C in a Tyumen man-made pool, while the air temperature was around -33C. He completed a distance of 2.2km. His wife has taught a generation of ice swimmers how to warm up Ural style with hot, wet towels.


Certified Ice Miles

·      16 December 2012 Tournament of Russian Cities; Tyumen; Russia; 2200m; 1 hour 5 seconds; water temp 0,3C; air temp ‐33C

·      12 June 2017 Lake Baikal; Russia; 1650m; 36 minutes 58 seconds; water temp 4.7C

Recorded 1K Races

·      20 March 2105 IISA 1st WC Murmansk, Russia; 20 minutes 14 seconds; water temp 0.08C; Breaststroke

·      10 April 2106 WC Krasnoyarsk, Russia; 21 minutes 50 seconds; water temp 0.0C ICE ZERO; Breaststroke

·      08 June 2017 Lake Baikal; Russia; 21 minutes 51 seconds; water temp 4.6C

·      25 February 2018 IISA GB Championships, Hatfield, England; 20 minutes 50 seconds; water temp 3.6C

 First-Ever Epic Swims

5.6 km Diomede Islands Swim on 1 August 2014 from Little Diomede Island in the USA to Big Diomede Island (or Ratmanova Island) in Russia in 2 hours 7 minutes doing breaststroke with the water temperature between 4°C and 6°C. The charity swims with MadSwimmer Republic of South Africa to support children in need in South Africa and Russia.

Part of the organizers and participants of the International Bering Strait crossing in 2013

20 km down the fast‐flowing River Yenisei, Krasnoyarsk, Russia, in 2006 in 1 hour and 52 minutes with a water temperature of 8° С.

Organizer and participant of a relay swim across Lake Baikal on the route Olkhon to Gremyachinsk (65 km) in 2007 with water temperature of 10° C and air 2.9° C).