Danny Longman
Danny Longman (born 11 January 1987) is an English ultra-endurance athlete. 2017 Polar Row. As part of the 2017 Polar Row expedition, Longman rowed 1,251 nautical miles (1,440 mi; 2,317 km) across the Arctic Ocean with teammates Alex Gregory, Fiann Paul, Tyler Carnevale, Samuel Vie and Carlo Facchino. The 6-man team rowed from Longyearbyen, Svalbard to the Arctic ice pack (79'55'500 N) and then onto Jan Mayen. The Polar Row became the most record-breaking ocean row in history as well as the most record-breaking man-powered expedition. The wider expedition claimed over a dozen  world records in total, with Longman being awarded 7 world records including being the first to row across the Greenland Sea" and reaching the Northernmost latitude in a rowing vessel 2019 Lake District Swim Challenge. In August 2019, Longman set a new record for swimming the length of each of the 13 publicly-accessible lakes in the English Lake District (totalling 44 miles, 71km), while cycling between the lakes. Longman began the human-powered journey at the Southern end of Ullswater with Tom Elliott. Three and a half days later, Longman completed Lake Windermere, England's longest lake, completing  the challenge in 78 hours. Unfortunately, Elliott failed to complete the challenge. 2021 Lake District Swim Challenge. Following George Taplin's new record time of 59 hours, set in 2020 (driving rather than cycling between the lakes), Longman attempted the challenge again in August 2021. Longman set a new record for the 44 miles (71km) route, with a time of 41 hours and 7 minutes.