Bárbara Hernández Huerta

Country: Chile

Summary

·        First Chilean Extreme Ice Miler, first Female Chilean Ice Miler

·        Certified IISA Observer and Active promoter of Ice & Winter Swimming

·        2020 WOWSA Woman of the Year

·        Diverse mix of swims between organisations, countries, and continents including ice swims, winter swims, swims at altitude, marathon swims

Ice & Winter Swims

·        2016, IWSA World Championships Tyumen, Russia: 2 Age Group (AG) gold Medal, 1 silver Medal, 1 Bronze Medal

·        2016-17: IWSA Age Group (AG) World Cup Runner Up

·        2017-18: IWSA AG World Cup Winner

·        2018, IWSA World Championships Tallin, Estonia: 1 AG silver Medal, 1 bronze Medal

·        2018-19: IWSA AG World Cup Winner

·        2019 IISA Ice Mile Swim in Inca Lagoon, Portillo, Chile (2853m altitude)

·        2019 Ice Kilometer Swim at IISA Murmansk World Championships

·        2020, IWSA World Championships Bled, Slovenia: 1 AG Gold Medal, 3 Silver Medal, 2 Bronze Medal

Other Swims & Considerations

·        28 Nov 2020 - Swim Chungará Lake in the Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile: 7600 metres at Altitude of 4560 m in 15m, 3s

·        Guinness World Record: Fastest mile swim across the Drake Passage (Pacific Ocean to Atlantic Ocean)

·        Swim Across the Beagle Channel: 5578 metres in 2h, 3m, 14s in Water Temp: 7.8°C

·        Short Chilean Glacier Swims (500m in water temperature under 4°C):

o   2015: Glacier Calluqueo, Glacier Steffens, Glacier Jorge Montt, Glacier O'higgins

o   2016: Glacier San Rafael

o   2017: Glacier Grey

o   2019: Glacier San Rafael, Glacier Serrano

o   2021: Glaciar Leones, Glaciar Exploradores

o   2022: Glacier Nueva Zelanda, Glacier Serrano

·        Doble Cruce Canal Señoret: 2700m in 43 minutes in 9C at Puerto Natales in the Magallanes Region, Chile 

·        Promote the spirit of ice and winter swimming and its rules in Chile and South America, through free motivational talks that seek to motivate other swimmers and people to learn about this way of swimming in contact with nature and cold waters, also and from this way educate about pollution, sport benefits and mental health