NIELSEN Sverri

World Championships

Year	Location	1x
2019	Linz, AUT	2
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	7
2017	Sarasota, FL, USA	12
2015	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA	11
2014	Amsterdam, NED	17

European Championships

Year	Location	1x
2021	Varese, ITA	2
2020	Poznan, POL	1
2019	Lucerne, SUI	4
2017	Racice, CZE	9

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Single Sculls	2019	Rotterdam, NED	7:24.51
1	Single Sculls	2019	Poznan, POL	7:21.96
2	Single Sculls	2021	Sabaudia, ITA	6:39.32
2	Single Sculls	2021	Lucerne, SUI	6:50.13
4	Single Sculls	2018	Belgrade, SRB	6:52.72
5	Single Sculls	2018	Linz, AUT	6:52.24
5	Single Sculls	2017	Lucerne, SUI	7:00.33
7	Single Sculls	2018	Lucerne, SUI	6:56.64

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Watt-monstret ['Watt Monster' for breaking the Danish watt record on the ergometer]. (Landsholdet i roning Facebook page, 09 Sep 2018; sport.tv2.dk, 18 May 2017)

Spending time with friends, fishing, hunting. (worldrowing.com, 01 Oct 2019)

Athlete

Electronic Engineering - University of the Faroe Islands, Denmark

Danish, English

Danske Studenters Roklub [DSR] [Copenhagen, DEN]

Thomas Poulsen [national], DEN

He took up the sport in 2007 in the Faroe Islands. He began rowing with traditional Faroese boats. (worldrowing.com, 01 Oct 2019)

"I liked the training aspect. I started erging at the local club and had some talent on the machine. Afterwards I rowed in Faroese boats and got hooked on pushing myself to the limit and enjoyed the environment at the club." (worldrowing.com, 01 Oct 2019)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (teamcopenhagen.dk, 02 Sep 2019)

US CrossFit athlete Mathew Frasier, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, New Zealand rower Mahe Drysdale. (worldrowing.com, 01 Oct 2019)

He was named the 2019 Athlete of the Year in the Faroe Islands. (Faroe Olympic Twitter profile, 30 Dec 2019)