Magnus Jákupsson
Magnus Jákupsson (born 8 September 1994) is a professional swimmer who swam for the Faroe Islands until 2012 and for Denmark since 2013. He is also swimming for Farum Svømmeklub since March 2015. Earlier he swam for the Danish clubs SIGMA Nordsjælland and Vestegnens Aqua Team (VAT) and for the Faroese club Havnar Svimjifelag. Until 2012 he held several Faroese records, he holds the second most Faroese men's swimming records, after Pál Joensen. His Faroese records are in backstroke, individual medley and butterfly. He moved to Denmark in 2011, and the following year he changed his swimming  nationality to Danish. After that he can only set Danish records, not Faroese, and he can only represent Denmark in swimming competitions. Until he changed swimming nationality he was the record holder of six individual Faroese records on short course and eight individual Faroese records on long course. In October 2013 Jákupsson was selected for the Great Danes project, and the year after, in November 2014, he was selected for the Danish senior national team for men, named "The Vikings". In 2015 he broke the Danish record in 50 metre backstroke on short course at the 2015 European Short Course  Swimming Championships in Netanya, Israel with the time 23.84. On 24 January 2016 he tied the long course Danish record in the same event, set by Mathias Gydesen in 2010. Jákupsson broke the record at the Flanders Speedo Cup where he won the gold medal. He is currently one of the best Danish male swimmers. Swimming results. 2011 Faroese Championships. Magnus Jákupsson was the second most winning swimmer at the 2011 Faroese Championships in Tórshavn in May 2011. He won 11 gold and one bronze medal, Pál Joensen won most medals: 11 gold and three silver. 2011 European Junior Championship  in Belgrade. Jákupsson competed at the 2011 European Junior Swimming Championships from 6 to 10 July 2011 in Belgrade, Serbia. His best result was number 10 in the 50 metre backstroke. He broke Faroese records and junior records in all six events he competed in. 2011 Island Games. Magnus Jákupsson competed one time at the Islands Games for the Faroe Islands, before his change of nationality. He won 3 gold, 5 silver and one bronze medalal at the Island Games on the Isle of Wight in July 2011. His results: 2014 MOM Marseille. Magnus was selected to the 3e Meeting  Open Méditerranéen in Marseille as a part of the "Great Danes" team. The competition was held from 7–9 March 2014. 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Netanya. Magnus Jákupsson broke the Danish record two times in 50 metre backstroke at the European Short Course Swimming Championship, first in the heats with the time 24.01 and after that he improved his own record with the time 23.84. He became number 11 in the semifinale and did not make it to the final. 2016 Flanders Speedo Cup. Jákupsson competed at the Flanders Speedo Cup from 22–24 January 2016 with the Danish  national team swimmers from the "Great Danes" and the "Vikings".