Sarah Outen

Sarah Outen
Sarah Outen
Personal information
Nationality British
Born 26 May 1985 (1985-05-26) (age 26)
England, United Kingdom
Sport
Sport Rowing, Cycling, Kayaking
College/university team Stamford High School, St Hugh's College, Oxford

Sarah Dilys Outen MBE FRGS (born 26 May 1985) is an English adventurer. She is the first and only woman and the youngest person to row solo across the Indian Ocean.

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Education

Outen attended Stamford High School before reading Biology at St Hugh's College, Oxford where she started rowing in 2004.[citation needed]

Rowing solo across the Indian Ocean

After an eleven day failed attempt which she dubbed her 'Warm Up Lap'[citation needed], Outen set out again from Fremantle, Western Australia, on 1 April 2009 in her 19ft boat called Serendipity. She rowed for 124 days, 14 hours and 9 minutes before arriving at Bois des Amourettes, on the island of Mauritius, on 3 August 2009. She was the first woman to attempt the crossing single-handedly, and only the fourth person to ever complete a solo crossing.[1]

Her journey raised more than £30,000 for two charities, Arthritis Care and Arthritis Research Campaign. She dedicated the crossing to the memory of her late father who passed away in 2006.[2] She was elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society shortly afterwards and awarded three Guinness World Records for her crossing. She currently holds a total of three Guinness World Records

Current projects

She is a popular motivational speaker both in the UK and internationally.

On 1 April 2011, Outen set off on her latest expedition - 'London to London: Via the World'. This Sarah-powered loop of the planet will involve the first ever attempt by a woman to row across the North Pacific Ocean. She will row, cycle and kayak her way from London back to London, sharing stories about the adventure and experience. The 20,000 mile journey will take 2.5 years to complete. During her expedition, she will be cycling across Europe, Asia, America, Canada and rowing the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans.

Honours

She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society following her successful Indian Ocean crossing in 2009. Outen was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2011 Birthday Honours for services to rowing, conservation and charity.[3][4]

Publishing

Sarah has recently published her first book A Dip In The Ocean: Rowing Solo Across The Indian Ocean was published by Summersdale on 7 February 2011.[5] Since March 2011, She has now sold over 4000 copies worldwide.

References

  1. ^ "Woman rower conquers Indian Ocean". BBC News. 3 August 2009. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/8182631.stm. Retrieved 2009-08-30. 
  2. ^ Hastings, Chris (14 March 2009). "Rower Sarah Outen launches bid to be first woman to row solo across Indian Ocean". The Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/4990621/Rower-Sarah-Outen-launches-bid-to-be-first-woman-to-row-solo-across-Indian-Ocean.html. Retrieved 2009-08-30. 
  3. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59808. p. 20. 11 June 2011.
  4. ^ "Bruce Forsyth knighthood heads Queen's Birthday Honours". BBC News. 11 June 2011. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13725330. Retrieved 2011-06-11. 
  5. ^ Amazon

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