Welcome to
  Backwaterman Waldviertel
"The Special One"

DISCOVER the fjordlike nature with austrian culture und hospitability

18. Backwaterman

Open Water

1./2. Juli 2023

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5. Backwaterman 

SwimRun

8./9. Juli 2023

with European Championships Halfmarathon and Solo Marathon

Registration opens 1.12.2022

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"be  a backwaterman"

 What's new in 2023 in a nutshell 

- The Open Water competitions and SwimRun competitions are only a week apart
and will certainly lure some people to include a training,
relaxation or cultural program during the holiday season and to pay twice as much for the journey 

Open Water 

- The open water competitions take place over 2 days at the Ottenstein reservoir 

- A new 3 km relay will take place on Saturday afternoon,
  which can be subscribed to as a group of 2 or 4 in 750 m laps to attract the public.
  We hope to take into account a social community aspect or club aspect
  and have made the competition very inexpensive.  

SwimRun
with European Championships Halfmarathon (Team and Solo) and Solo Marathon
der My SwimRun Championships Serie 

- For the first time we do not only offer 4 distances,
  but also open for team and solo and all with 2 different age groups 

- We have completely reworked the tracks and enable up to 80% new or track parts
  with new perspectives 

- The marathon distance is reduced to 34 km 

- The swimming portion is generally about 15 %

Attention: in 2023 we are the venue of the 2nd European SwimRun Championships Half Marathon Team and Solo, as well as Marathon Solo

watch out: for this purpose, the marathon loop is also led through the half-marathon goal and thus the marathon starters are also counted in the half-marathon ranking and thus for the European Championships half (applies to the team)