Magnus Jákupsson

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NationalityUntil 2012 Faroese[a]
since 2013 Danish
Born (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 30)
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
StrokesBackstroke, medley, butterfly
Magnus Jákupsson
Personal information
NationalityUntil 2012 Faroese[a]
since 2013 Danish
Born (1994-09-08) 8 September 1994 (age 30)
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, medley, butterfly
ClubFarum Svømmeklub
Medal record
Island Games
Gold medal – first place2011 Isle of Wight50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place2011 Isle of Wight4x50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2011 Isle of Wight4x100 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2011 Isle of Wight50 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2011 Isle of Wight100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2011 Isle of Wight200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2011 Isle of Wight4x50 m medley
Silver medal – second place2011 Isle of Wight4x100 m medley
Bronze medal – third place2011 Isle of Wight100 m butterfly

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.[1] Earlier he swam for the Danish clubs SIGMA Nordsjælland and Vestegnens Aqua Team (VAT) and for the Faroese club Havnar Svimjifelag.[2] 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.[3] Until he changed swimming nationality he was the record holder of six individual Faroese records on short course[4] and eight individual Faroese records on long course.[5]

In October 2013 Jákupsson was selected for the Great Danes project,[6] and the year after, in November 2014, he was selected for the Danish senior national team for men, named The Vikings.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9] He is currently one of the best Danish male swimmers.[10]

2011 Faroese Championships

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