Livar Nysted

Livar Nysted (born 1970) who grew up in the small village Hvannasund in the Faroe Islands is an ocean rower and an artist, a painter. He has achieved five world records in ocean rowing. In 2010 he - together with three other rowers successfully crossed the North Atlantic Ocean in a rowing boat, breaking a 114-year-old record. In January 2013 he went on another journey, this time the plan was to cross the South Atlantic Ocean with a boat called Avalon, the crew was eight men, they started on 18 January from Puerto de Mogán, Grand Canaria, their plan was to row to Port Saint Charles, Barbados. They made it all the way to Barbados on 22 February 2013 after rowing for 32 days, 12 hours and 41 minutes. Later the same year Nysted went on another expedition together with two other men. Their journey started in Australia on 9 June 2013. They crossed the Indian Ocean by rowing. They arrived at Mauritius on 5 August 2013 after rowing for 57 days, 15 hours and 49 minutes, which was a new world record. Livar sat three world records after completing this journey: he and the two others were the first crew of three to cross the Indian Ocean, they were also the fastest rowing crew to row this distance and Livar sat a new world record for having crossed two oceans in a rowing boat within the same year.

Growing up next to the North Atlantic Ocean in the small fishing village Hvannasund in the island Viðoy, which is one of the Northern Islands in the Faroe Islands the ocean was a natural part of daily life. The national sport of the Faroe Islands is Kappróður, which means boat race in wooden Faroese boats. There are different types of boats and Nysted has tried all of them. He has won several Faroese Championships in these boat races, which are held during the summertime from late May to late July, the final race is the one at the national holiday at Ólavsøka in Tórshavn on 28 July.

Livar Nysted has won the Faroese Championship in outdoor rowing three times: in 2001, 2004 and 2007. There are six events held around the islands every summer, the winner gets 7 points, number two gets 5 points, number three gets 4 points etc. The boat which gets most points after all six boat races wins the Faroese Championship.

...
Wikipedia