Lake Geneva Swimming Association

Lake Geneva
Swimming Association

A decade on the lake. A lifetime of memories in every crossing.

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Celebrating 10 years of the Lake Geneva Swimming Association
2015–2026

Over a decade of courage, community and Lake Geneva.

Celebrating the swimmers, crews and volunteers who made the impossible possible.

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Plan your crossing

Lake Geneva Swim Calendar

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Experiences

Become part of the tradition on Lake Geneva

Open-water swimmer at sunrise

Swims

Choose your guided, event or flagship experience.

LGSA award finisher

Awards

Celebrate extraordinary achievements on the lake.

Historic Lake Geneva swimmer and shore-side crowd

List of Legends

Discover the swimmers and teams in the LGSA record.

Explore the lake

One lake. Countless stories

Be inspired by the place, the challenge and the people behind it.

International swimmers on Lake Geneva
The water

Choose your crossing

Progress from initiation to iconic open-water challenges.

 Lake Geneva relay swimmers
The people

Meet the legends

Discover the people and the swims that became legend, recorded here in the LGSA archives.

 LGSA award recipients
The achievement

Celebrate the impossible made possible

The LGSA Awards and Hall of Fame celebrate ordinary people who achieve extraordinary things.

 Aerial view of Lake Geneva
The destination

Immerse yourself in the lake

Weather, maps, travel, live tracking and more, all in one place.
About the LGSA

Lake Geneva swimming, recognised worldwide.

The Lake Geneva Swimming Association promotes, facilitates and regulates open-water swimming in Lake Geneva. Recognised by swimmers and official organisations worldwide, it is the only organisation with this primary aim.

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The people behind LGSA

Meet the LGSA Committee

Meet the people who guide the association and protect its standards on Lake Geneva.

Lake route overview

Personalise the challenge to suit your goals

The LGSA promotes long distance, open-water swimming in Lake Geneva and exists to assist swimmers and organisations who are attempting such swims in all ways possible, through observation, authentication, authorisation and regulation.

GenevaChillon / VeytauxLausanneÉvianNyonYvoire
LGSA Signature 7070 km · Château de Chillon, Veytaux ↔ Geneva
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LGSA Guided Classique13 km · Lausanne ↔ Évian-les-Bains
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LGSA Guided Nyvoirienne7 km · Nyon ↔ Yvoire
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Lake Geneva Initiation0–2 km · beginner-friendly guided experience
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Live on the lake

Follow LGSA swims

Open the LGSA live-tracking resource from the homepage and follow activity on Lake Geneva.

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LGSA live swim trackingLive tracking
Lake Geneva swimming community
Community

Swim the lake together

Connect with the local open-water community and discover organisations around Lake Geneva, including Léman Eau Libre.

Léman Eau LibreLocal swim community
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Your next lake adventure

Ready for an adventure? C’est parti !

Choose your dates, complete your registration and come swim Lake Geneva.

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Community updates

Stay close to the lake.

Receive LGSA swim dates, stories, training updates and association news.