Adrian Alejandro Wittwer
{{short description|Swiss athletics competitor}}
{{Orphan|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox swimmer|name=Adrian Alejandro Wittwer|image=Adrian_Alejandro_Wittwer.jpg|alt=|caption=|native_name=|native_name_lang=|birth_name=|full_name=|nickname=|nationality=Swiss|national_team=|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1986|07|06}}|birth_place=|death_date=|death_place=|height=|weight=|spouse=|website=|strokes=|classification=|club=|collegeteam=|coach=|module=|show-medals=|medaltemplates=|module2=}}Adrian Alejandro Wittwer (born 1986){{Cite web|url=https://mittellandnord.grunliberale.ch/detail~6dc2490d-b68d-4f61-87a0-88973156090f~Adrian%20Alejandro-Wittwer~|title=Adrian Alejandro Wittwer|last=Ltd|first=Magnolia International|website=mittellandnord.grunliberale.ch|language=de|access-date=2019-09-22}} is a Swiss extreme athlete and ice swimmer.
Life
Wittwer lives in Bolligen in the Canton of Bern.{{Cite web|url=https://www.srf.ch/news/regional/bern-freiburg-wallis/eisschwimmen-adrian-alejandro-wittwer-springt-fast-taeglich-ins-kalte-wasser|title=Eisschwimmen - Adrian Alejandro Wittwer springt fast täglich ins kalte Wasser|date=2019-02-16|website=Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF)|language=de|access-date=2019-09-22}} As an extreme athlete he participated in cross country running and marathons{{Cite web|url=https://www.thunertagblatt.ch/29330664|title=Wittwer will 40 Stunden crawlen|last=AG|first=Thuner Tagblatt, Tamedia Espace|website=www.thunertagblatt.ch|date=4 July 2013 |language=de-CH|access-date=2019-09-22}} as well as extreme swimming. In 2012, Wittwer successfully transversally crossed Lake Constace. In 2013, he tried to cross the longitude of the lake from Bodman-Ludwigshafen to Bregenz, a distance no one ever completed.{{Cite web|url=https://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/ostschweiz/rekord-versuch-ueber-64-kilometer-berner-26-will-durch-den-bodensee-schwimmen-id2362936.html|title=Rekord-Versuch über 64 Kilometer: Berner (26) will durch den Bodensee schwimmen|date=2013-07-05|website=Blick|access-date=2019-09-25}} He had to abort after 27 of the 64 kilometres because of weather conditions.{{Cite web|url=https://www.focus.de/regional/baden-wuerttemberg/freizeit-wieder-ein-extremschwimmer-im-bodensee-gescheitert_aid_1036832.html|title=Wieder ein Extremschwimmer im Bodensee gescheitert|website=FOCUS Online|language=de|access-date=2019-09-22}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.bodenseequerung.de/hall-of-fame.html|title=Bodenseequerung - Rekorde|website=www.bodenseequerung.de|access-date=2019-09-22}}
Through other extreme swimmers Wittwer got into ice swimming{{Cite web|url=https://nzzas.nzz.ch/sport/schwimmen-eiskalten-wasser-foerdert-gesundheit-ld.1449028|title=Schwimmen im eiskalten Wasser: So fördert es die Gesundheit|last=Zwingli|first=Urs-Peter|website=NZZ am Sonntag|language=de|access-date=2019-09-25}} and qualified for the Ice Swimming World Championship in 2017. He participated in the WC in 2018 in Tallinn and won 6th place in the 200m breaststroke competition.{{Cite web|url=https://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/Berner-Eisschwimmer-war-an-WM-19829730|title="Man darf nicht überlegen, wie kalt das Wasser ist"|website=20 Minuten|date=11 March 2018 |language=de|access-date=2019-09-22}} In the German Opens in 2018 he qualified for the WC in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/Rekordversuch-bei-unter-5-Grad-Wassertemperatur-12086042|title=Berner Extremsportler will die "Ice Mile" schaffen|website=20 Minuten|date=31 January 2019 |language=de|access-date=2019-09-22}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/Berner-Eisschwimmer-holt-sich-WM-Startplatz-28311411|title=Berner Eisschwimmer holt sich WM-Startplatz|website=20 Minuten|date=8 January 2017 |language=de|access-date=2019-09-22}}
In February 2019, Wittwer completed the Ice Mile Challenge,{{Cite web|url=https://www.20min.ch/schweiz/bern/story/Dieser-Berner-trotze-seiner-Unterkuehlung-29825193|title=Unterkühlter Schwimmer schaffte die "Ice Mile"|website=20 Minuten|date=3 February 2019 |language=de|access-date=2019-09-25}}{{Citation|title=Bolliger schwimmt die Eismeile|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtAGEBnPEm0|language=en|access-date=2019-09-25}} which means swimming a mile in water below 5 °C with only goggles, a swimming cap and swim trunks, in 3 °C cold water in 41 minutes and 46 seconds.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/27683614|title=Rekord – Berner schwimmt die Eismeile|newspaper=Berner Zeitung, Tamedia Espace|access-date=2019-09-22|language=de|issn=1424-1021}} He is the first Swiss man to complete this challenge. In March 2019 Wittwer won 2nd place in the WC for 50m breaststroke.
Wittwer works for the Swiss Military at the department for defence, public safety and sports. In 2017, Wittwer was part of a NATO mission to Kosovo for 6 months, as part of a peace supporting operation of Swisscoy, He is active for the Green Liberal Party of Switzerland and is part of the volunteer fire department.{{Cite web|url=https://www.migrosmagazin.ch/der-eisschwimmer|title=Eiskalte Leidenschaft {{!}} Migros-Magazin|date=2019-01-31|website=Migros Medien|language=de|access-date=2019-09-22}}
References
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Category:Athletes from the canton of Bern
Category:Swiss male breaststroke swimmers
Category:21st-century Swiss sportsmen
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