2World titles
6Finals
6Medals
1659Indoor Eloinactive
—Best PRL
Back-to-back champion in 1963 and 1965 and a leading voice for heated competition water.
The story
From Vienna, Austria · Era Unified era · Style Cold-water endurance
Champion
Ilse Grünwaldt trained in the Danube-fed waters of the Gänsehäufel and won back-to-back titles in 1963 and 1965, after finishing second in 1959.
The Schism
Grünwaldt led the campaign for heated competition water. She spoke for four hours at the 1968 Congress in Mexico City, and the split into Indoor and Outdoor championships is often credited to her. She then finished second at the first Indoor World Championship in Amsterdam.
“We are not fish. We should not be asked to compete like them.”Ilse Grünwaldt
Profile
Hawk-Ear profile data is available from 2011 onwards.
World Championship results
| Year | Disc. | Round | Place | Tags | Calls | CPT | Evasion s | PRL ms | BE ° | Splash | FOW |
|---|
| 1959 | Unified | Final | 2 | 14 | — | — | 160.3 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 1961 | Unified | Semi-final | 8 | 10 | — | — | 129.3 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 1963 | Unified | Final | 1st | 15 | — | — | 141.2 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 1965 | Unified | Final | 1st | 9 | — | — | 148.1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 1967 | Unified | Final | 3 | 18 | — | — | 127.7 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 1968 | Indoor | Final | 2 | 14 | — | — | 135.8 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 1969 | Indoor | Final | 3 | 11 | — | — | 138.4 | — | — | — | 1 |
Statistics are shown from the year each measurement began: calls 1974, PRL 2003, Bearing Error and Splash Entropy 2011. See the glossary.