Jackie Cobell (GBR)

2020 Honor Swimmer

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Jackie Cobell

Country: Great Britain

Certified Ice Miles

·       December 2012 First Certified Ice Mile in Great Britain: Holborough Lake Kent 42mins Water temperature 4.75 C 

Recorded 1K Races (Podium Finishes)

·       March 2013 79th Festival of the North Murmansk GOLD 23min 02 secs Water temperature 0 C

·       December 2015 Int’l 7 Czech ISA Prague GOLD 30mins 04 secs

Water temperature 4.7 C

·       January 2017 IISA World Champs Burghausen GOLD 23min 13 secs Category World Record Water temperature 2.3 C 22.01.12 Jurmala 450M GOLD 10 min 05 secs Water temperature 0.3 C

International Winter Swimming Association events (Podium Finishes)

·                02.02.13 Windermere 450M BRONZE Water temperature 4.6 C

·                24.03.13 Murmansk 450M GOLD 9 min 43 secs Water temperature 0 C

·                02.11,13 Jelgavas Roni 450M GOLD

·                14.12.13 Tyumen 150M GOLD 25M SILVER 300M BRONZE Water temp 0C

·                31.01.14 Windermere 450M SILVER Water temperature 5.9 C

·                22.02.14 Pirita 450M GOLD 9 min 42secs

·                15.03.14 Murmansk 450M GOLD 9 min 38 secs Water temperature 2 C

·                25M GOLD 23.9secs 50M GOLD 48.55 secs

·                20.03.14 Rovaniemi 450M GOLD 9 min 50 secs Water temperature 0 C

·                22.03.14 Rovaniemi 50M SILVER 52.68 secs

·                Nov2014 Jelgavas 450M SILVER 25M B/S BRONZE 50M GOLD Water temp 5C

·           12.12.14 Tyumen 450M GOLD 9 min 52 secs Water temperature 0.4 C

·                25M GOLD 50M GOLD

·                06.02.15 Windermere 450M SILVER 10 min 13 secs Water temperature 5.4 C

·                120M GOLD 60M BRONZE

·                2015       Pirita 450M SILVER 9 min 58 secs 50M BRONZE 51.17 SECS

·                Nov 2015 Jelgavas 450M SILVER 11 min 21 secs 50M BRONZE

·                20.12.15 IISA Austria Urkunde River Danube 300M BRONZE 25M GOLD 1st                Water temperature 7.4 C

·                30.01.16 IWSA U.S. Nat Championships Hudson River 200M GOLD 100M GOLD

·                50M GOLD Water temperature 1.2 C

·                07.02.16 IWSA Nat Championships Windermere 1K GOLD 1st 25min 7secs

·                Water temperature 6.4C

·                20.02.16 IISA Andark Lake 1K GOLD 1st in cat 24mins 04secs Water temp 5C

·                Mar2016 IWSA World Championships Tyumen 450M GOLD 10 min 38 secs

·                200 GOLD 4 min 14 secs 100M SILVER 1 min 57 secs

·                03.12.16 Gdansk 450M SILVER Water temperature 4 C

·                05.01.17 IISA World Championships Burghausen 1K GOLD World record in age category 23mins 13secs IND MED SILVER 200M SILVER 500M BRONZE Water temperature 2.3 C

·                25.01.17 UK Cold Water Championships Tooting Bec 90M BRONZE 1 min 45s

·                30M B/FLY BRONZE 41 secs 22 events and podium finishes in all

First ever epic swims

·       Member of the relay team to be the first to cross the Bering strait from Russia to Alaska

·       Swam a two-person relay with Matias Ola across the St. Carlos Strait between the East and West Falkland Islands in a swim of friendship between England and Argentina called Peace and Harmony 7kms water temperature 6 - 7 C

·       Holds World Record for longest successful solo English Channel swim 28 hours 44 minutes

Other Considerations

The first UK Ice Ambassador. Involved in the organization of the first UK Ice Mile Event at Holborough Lake 10.02.13 for four successful Ice Milers.

Was a member of The Great Caledonian Swim Relay Team 46 miles over 3 days for Pancreatic Cancer Research Charity.

Have coached/inspired many ice swimmers through the winter at Holborough Lake and at Dover.