One Water Race

A team of World Champions ready for the One Water Race

Press Release / 19.02.2022

Multiple world champions and some of the top profiles in swimrun are now ready for One Water Race, the world’s toughest endurance race, taking place from 23-25 August 2022.

Team No 4, Sweden/Australia is a team with an impressive composition of the swimrun world champions Daniel Hansson, Kristin Larsson and Adriel Young.  The team also has solid experience of adventure racing, making them one of the best in the world and a top favorite in One Water Race 2022.

The first official One Water Race is a new concept that strives to establish the world’s toughest endurance race. The racers will face one of humanity’s toughest challenges, over land and sea, 250 km. It's a new era in endurance racing and climate activation – all for the benefit of our world's waters, with the award of $100,000 in prize money, and a tough selection process to be selected to race.

"We can now see team compositions that is very interesting and it will be exciting to see which combination will prove to be the right one. This team has some of the world’s foremost endurance racers, who know the terrain and have a unique combination of both endurance and speed that I really look forward to following," says Thomas Ogander.

Team No 4, Sweden/Australia

Daniel Hansson, 44, Stockholm, Sweden

Kristin Larsson, 39, Stockholm, Sweden

Adriel Young, 34, Mölnlycke, Sweden/Australia

Team Captain, TBD

Achievements of Team No 4, Sweden/Australia

Daniel Hansson

• 2010 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (2nd place men)
• 2011 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (3rd place men)
• 2013 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (4th place men)
• 2014 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (1st place men)
• 2015 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (2nd place men)
• 2016 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (1st place men)
• 2017 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (1st place men)

Kristin Larsson

• 2009 Ultra Trail Run World Championship France (7th place)
• 2011 Adventure Race World Championship, Tasmania, Australia (6th place)
• 2016 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (1st place women)
• 2017 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (1st place women)
• 2018 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (1st place women)
• 2021 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (1st place women)

Adriel Young

• 2009 Coolangatta Gold
• 2010 Coolangatta Gold
• 2013 Ironman World Championships, Kona, Hawaii
• 2014 Ironman World Championships, Kona, Hawaii
• 2015 Norseman Ironman, Eidfjord, Norway
• 2016 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (1st place mixed)
• 2017 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (1st place mixed)
• 2018 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (3rd place men)
• 2021 Ötillö Swimrun World Championship (1st place men/course record holder)