Adam Burke (rower)
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Adam Burke is an ocean rower from
Skerries, County Dublin Skerries () is a coastal town in Fingal, in the north of County Dublin, Ireland. Skerries was historically a fishing port and later a centre of hand embroidery. These industries declined in the early 20th century, however, and it became both a ...
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. He currently holds two
Guinness World Records ''Guinness World Records'', known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as ''The Guinness Book of Records'' and in previous United States editions as ''The Guinness Book of World Records'', is a British reference book published annually, list ...
; firstly as a crew member on the Sara G, the fastest pure class ocean rowing boat to have crossed the Atlantic Ocean east to west, and secondly, as a member of the same crew that rowed the most consecutive days, achieving a distance of over 100 miles per day. The record now stands at 12 days.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burke, Adam 1980s births Living people Irish male rowers Sportspeople from County Dublin Alumni of Dundalk Institute of Technology 21st-century Irish sportsmen Year of birth missing (living people)