IISA Member Bio

IISA ID:  3937
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Nicola Doran
Ireland
Belfast
Ireland
Ireland
Country Association
Ireland
ICE ID: 502
Gender: Female
Age: 51
Ice Miles: 2
ICE 7s: 2
About Nicola Doran
I started open water swimming as part of my recovery, after a serious accident over 7 years ago, that has left me disabled. I had a 180° open compound fracture of my left ankle, which left me housebound for nearly 2 years. CRPS has left me severely disabled with prominent muscle astrophy and dystrophy. I have a limited range of movement in my left leg.
Under the watchful eye of my coach, Ger Kennedy, I have endeavored to train, learn and become a competitive sea swimmer and ice swimmer.

I successfully competed at the 5th World Championships, in Samoen and was an honoured team member of the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'World Para Relay\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' team. This unity was my greatest experience in swimming, thank you to all involved!

I completed my 1st ice mile at Woerthersee-Ice-Swim, through the support and guidance of Ger Kennedy and all the team at this incredible event. I\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'m proud to be a part of the esteemed \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Ice Mile Club\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'

I proudly competed at the 1st IISA European
Championships, February 2024, in.Romania. i returned with 4 Golds, 5 Silvers and 2 Bronze (medalling in both para and able bodied categories) over 4 races for Ireland.
Later that month, we ventured off to Morocco, completing my 2nd Ice Mile, high up in the middle Atlas Mountains.

I was awarded the Ice Triple Crown, completing an Ice Mile in both Northern and Southern Hemisphere and Ice Km at the 5th World Championships.
I\\\'m proud to be the 1st Para, 1st Irish Female and 17th person to complete this series.

My passion is to support para swimmers in the Ice and oprn water and endeavour to spread the word and help others to achieve their dreams, like I have!

#502

Awards/Achievements:
Swim Ireland Disability Swimmer of Year 2023
ILDSA Ulster Open Water Swimmer of the Year 2023
Nomination WOWSA Para/Adaptive Swimmer of the Year 2023

5 Men V 5 Women English Channel Relay January 2023
1st person swim 65km length of Ards Peninsula in 5 Marathon Swims 2023

Ice Miles

  Swim Date Swim
Location
Water
Temp
Wind
Chill
Swim
Dist.
Swim
Time
Body of
Water
Altitude (m)
GPS Latitude
   
1 17 Feb 2023 worthersee lake, Austria 4.90°C 4.10°C 1.0000mi 0:35:18 Lake 480m  46.37°N view
2 25 Feb 2024 Lake Aguelmam Sidi Ali, Khe... 4.57°C -0.90°C 1.0000mi 0:31:58 Lake 0m  33.00°N view

IISA 1km Swims

Only IISA Swims <= 5.0°C
  Swim
Date
Event Name Country
Association
Event Venue Swim
Time
Water
Temp
Wind
Chill
Altitude (m)
GPS Latitude
AR ER WR WC    
1 15 Jan 2023 5th World Championship... France Samoens 17:53.48 3.70°C 2.00°C           PDF Icon view
2 4 Feb 2024 IISA 1st European Cham... Romania Oradea, Romania 18:33.99 4.07°C 0.60°C           PDF Icon view
AR = Age-Group Record
ER = Swim Event Record
WR = World Record
WC = World Championship Record

Short and Other IISA distances

Only IISA Swims <= 5.0°C
Event Distance Swim Date Event Name Event Venue Country
Association
Swim Time
(mm:ss:cc)
Water
Temp
Wind
Chill
Altitude (m)
GPS Latitude
   
500m Freestyle 15 Jan 2023 5th World Championship... Samoens France 08:47.25 3.70°C 2.0°C 1000m  46.06°N PDF Icon view
500m Freestyle 4 Feb 2024 IISA 1st European Cham... Oradea, Romania Romania 09:17.58 4.07°C 0.6°C 0m  47.40°N PDF Icon view
250m Freestyle 4 Feb 2024 IISA 1st European Cham... Oradea, Romania Romania 04:21.94 4.07°C 0.6°C 0m  47.40°N PDF Icon view
100m Freestyle 15 Jan 2023 5th World Championship... Samoens France 01:31.97 3.70°C 2.0°C 1000m  46.06°N PDF Icon view
100m Freestyle 4 Feb 2024 IISA 1st European Cham... Oradea, Romania Romania 01:46.14 4.07°C 0.6°C 0m  47.40°N PDF Icon view

Qualifying Swims

IISA Qualifying Swims & IISA Event Swims > 5.0°C
  Swim
Date
Swim
Location
Event Name Swim
Distance
Stroke Status Water
Temp
Wind
Chill
Swim
Time
Altitude
(m)
Observer    
1 26 Nov 2022 Wild Swimming Armagh 1000m Crawl Accepted 6.50°C 0.00°C 17:15.00 - Ger Kennedy PDF Icon view
2 23 Dec 2022 Wild Water Armagh 1000m Crawl Accepted 3.10°C 6.00°C 16:45.00 - Ger Kennedy PDF Icon view

IISA Relay Swims

4-person relay events
Relay Distance Swim Date Event Name Event Venue Country
Association
Swim Time
(mm:ss:cc)
Water
Temp
Wind
Chill
Altitude (m)
GPS Latitude
   
4 x 50m Mixed Freestyle Relay 4 Feb 2024 IISA 1st European Cham... Oradea, Romania Romania 03:05.39 4.07°C 0.6°C 0m  47.40°N   view

Other Swims

Solo
  Swim
Date
Location
(Description)
Time
Taken
Swim
Distance
Avg Dist.
Per Day
Water
Temp
Wind
Chill
Observer /
Witness
Awards  
1 14 Mar 2021 Donaghadee
(Training swim)
20:53 1,260 m - 9°C [hi]
7°C [lo]
6°C Ger Kennedy   view
2 16 Mar 2021 Donaghadee
(Training swim)
20:13 1,260 m - 9°C [hi]
7°C [lo]
6°C Ger Kennedy   view
3 15 Feb 2021 -
5 Oct 2022
Donaghadee
(Training swim)
15:07 900 m 2 m 9°C [hi]
8°C [lo]
6°C Ger Kennedy view
4 1 Mar 2021 -
5 Oct 2022
Donaghadee
(Training swim)
13:54 700 m 1 m 9°C [hi]
7°C [lo]
4°C Ger Kennedy   view

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