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== Career ==
== Career ==
Sverri S. Nielsen began his rowing career in the Faroe Islands competing in Faroese wooden rowing boats with 6 or 8 rowers and a cox;<ref name="Miðvágs">{{cite web|url=http://anja-ragnar.net/mr/index.php/tidhinda-savn/28-sverri-s-nielsen-undir-6-min-a-2000m|title=Sverri S. Nielsen undir 6 min á 2000m|last=Jensen|first=Bergur R. Dam|date=18 January 2013|publisher=Miðvágs Róðrarfelag|language=Faroese|accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref> he was also training [[indoor rowing]] in the Faroe Islands as well as outdoor rowing. In 2011 he won the C.R.A.S.H.-B.Sprints World Indoor Rowing Championships for Junior Men.<ref name="2011 crash-b">{{cite web|url=http://www.crash-b.org/wp-content/uploads/results/2011/event-05.html|title=2011 C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints World Indoor Rowing Championships|publisher=crash-b.org|accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref> He is a member of the Danish National rowing team, he currently competes in [[Single scull]]er, heavy weight, he has also competed in double sculler. He is the current Danish record holder in the men's [[Indoor rower|indoor rowing]], heavy weight, he broke a nine-year old Danish record in January 2015<ref name="Sportschef">{{cite web|url=http://www.roning.dk/Global/News%20module/2015/2/Sportschef%20maatte%20overlade%20rekord%20til%20Sverri%20Nielsen%20ved%20DM.aspx|title=Sportschef måtte overlade rekord til Sverri Nielsen ved DM|date=1 February 2015|language=Danish|accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref> and improved the same record in January 2016 in the time 5.51.6.<ref name="Danmarkarmeistari">{{cite web|url=http://kvf.fo/netvarp/uv/2016/01/30/sverri-er-danmarkarmeistari|title=Sverri er danmarkarmeistari|date=30 January 2016|publisher=Kringvarp Føroya|language=Faroese|accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref> He has also competed at the [[2015 World Rowing Championships]] making it to the semi-final; he competed at the 2015 World Rowing Championship under-23 and made it to the final where his final result was number four.<ref name="World Rowing">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/43714/nielsen-sverri|title=World Rowing – Sverri Nielsen – Recent Results|accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref>
Sverri S. Nielsen began his rowing career in the Faroe Islands competing in Faroese wooden rowing boats with 6 or 8 rowers and a cox;<ref name="Miðvágs">{{cite web|url=http://anja-ragnar.net/mr/index.php/tidhinda-savn/28-sverri-s-nielsen-undir-6-min-a-2000m|title=Sverri S. Nielsen undir 6 min á 2000m|last=Jensen|first=Bergur R. Dam|date=18 January 2013|publisher=Miðvágs Róðrarfelag|language=Faroese|accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref> he was also training [[indoor rowing]] in the Faroe Islands as well as outdoor rowing. In 2011 he won the C.R.A.S.H.-B.Sprints World Indoor Rowing Championships for Junior Men.<ref name="2011 crash-b">{{cite web|url=http://www.crash-b.org/wp-content/uploads/results/2011/event-05.html|title=2011 C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints World Indoor Rowing Championships|publisher=crash-b.org|accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref> He is a member of the Danish National rowing team, he currently competes in [[Single scull]]er, heavy weight, he has also competed in double sculler.
Nielsen is the current Danish record holder in the men's [[Indoor rower|indoor rowing]], heavy weight, he broke a nine-year old Danish record in January 2015<ref name="Sportschef">{{cite web|url=http://www.roning.dk/Global/News%20module/2015/2/Sportschef%20maatte%20overlade%20rekord%20til%20Sverri%20Nielsen%20ved%20DM.aspx|title=Sportschef måtte overlade rekord til Sverri Nielsen ved DM|date=1 February 2015|language=Danish|accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref> and improved the same record in January 2016 in the time 5.51.6<ref name="Danmarkarmeistari">{{cite web|url=http://kvf.fo/netvarp/uv/2016/01/30/sverri-er-danmarkarmeistari|title=Sverri er danmarkarmeistari|date=30 January 2016|publisher=Kringvarp Føroya|language=Faroese|accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref> and again in 2017 in the time 5:49.20.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sport.tv2.dk/roning/2017-01-28-faeroesk-muskelbundt-smadrer-dansk-rekord-for-tredje-aar-i-traek |title=Færøsk muskelbundt smadrer dansk rekord for tredje år i træk |last1=Bentsen |first1=Bo |last2= |first2= |date=28. januar 2017 |work= |publisher=TV2 |accessdate=29. januar 2017}}</ref> He competed at the [[2015 World Rowing Championships]] making it to the semi-final; he competed at the 2015 World Rowing Championship under-23 and made it to the final where his final result was number four.<ref name="World Rowing">{{cite web|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/43714/nielsen-sverri|title=World Rowing – Sverri Nielsen – Recent Results|accessdate=3 February 2016}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 07:55, 29 January 2017

Sverri Sandberg Nielsen

Medal record
Rowing men
Representing Denmark

Sverri Sandberg Nielsen (born 1993 in Tórshavn, grew up in Miðvágur)[1][2] is a Faroese rower who competes for Danske Studenters Roklub[3][4] and Denmark.

Career

Sverri S. Nielsen began his rowing career in the Faroe Islands competing in Faroese wooden rowing boats with 6 or 8 rowers and a cox;[5] he was also training indoor rowing in the Faroe Islands as well as outdoor rowing. In 2011 he won the C.R.A.S.H.-B.Sprints World Indoor Rowing Championships for Junior Men.[6] He is a member of the Danish National rowing team, he currently competes in Single sculler, heavy weight, he has also competed in double sculler.

Nielsen is the current Danish record holder in the men's indoor rowing, heavy weight, he broke a nine-year old Danish record in January 2015[7] and improved the same record in January 2016 in the time 5.51.6[8] and again in 2017 in the time 5:49.20.[9] He competed at the 2015 World Rowing Championships making it to the semi-final; he competed at the 2015 World Rowing Championship under-23 and made it to the final where his final result was number four.[10]

References

  1. ^ Rana, Danjal av (25 January 2015). "Sverri Nielsen væl fyri" (in Faroese). in.fo. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  2. ^ jn.fo – Sverri S. Nielsen við á danska landsliðnum í rógving
  3. ^ Bacher, Mette (28 July 2015). "U23VM – en stor dansk udfordring" (in Danish). Roinfo.dk. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  4. ^ "Sverri S. Nielsen – Aldersklasse: Senior A – Danske Studenters Roklub" (in Danish). Ergometertider.dk. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  5. ^ Jensen, Bergur R. Dam (18 January 2013). "Sverri S. Nielsen undir 6 min á 2000m" (in Faroese). Miðvágs Róðrarfelag. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  6. ^ "2011 C.R.A.S.H.-B. Sprints World Indoor Rowing Championships". crash-b.org. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Sportschef måtte overlade rekord til Sverri Nielsen ved DM" (in Danish). 1 February 2015. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  8. ^ "Sverri er danmarkarmeistari" (in Faroese). Kringvarp Føroya. 30 January 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  9. ^ Bentsen, Bo (28. januar 2017). "Færøsk muskelbundt smadrer dansk rekord for tredje år i træk". TV2. Retrieved 29. januar 2017. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= and |date= (help)
  10. ^ "World Rowing – Sverri Nielsen – Recent Results". Retrieved 3 February 2016.

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