13 Facts About Fiann Paul

Fiann Paul's main focus is the psychology of ultra endurance performance and the psychological dynamics within the psyche of explorers and endurance athletes.

Fiann Paul has crossed all five oceans in an unsupported human-powered row boat with world-record-breaking speed, setting the overall speed records for the Atlantic, Indian, Pacific and Arctic Oceans.

Fiann Paul achieved the only human-powered crossing of the Southern Ocean and, as a result, no speed record was adjudicated due to lack of competition.

Fiann Paul achieved the highest success rate in the history of ocean rowing, measuring the number of attempted-speed-records to successful expeditions.

Fiann Paul was on stroke position for each row, the role that sets the boat's pace.

In 2011, Fiann Paul acted as a stroke of Sara G which earned the title of "the Fastest Boat in ocean rowing history", established an overall speed record for the Atlantic Ocean, and won the Blue Riband Trophy of Ocean Rowing.

In 2014, Fiann Paul became the first person to simultaneously hold overall speed records for the fastest rowing across 2 oceans.

In 2016, Fiann Paul became the only rower ever to achieve all three overall speed records and the only rower to hold all three records simultaneously.

In 2017, Fiann Paul rowed the Arctic Ocean, becoming the first person to row 4 oceans and earning the Arctic Ocean overall speed record.

Guinness World Records certified Fiann Paul to be "First to row 4 Oceans" and "First to hold current speed records on all 4 oceans".

In September 2017, Fiann Paul recruited the first team members, Andrew Towne and Jamie Douglas-Hamilton.

In 2019, Fiann Paul was appointed a coordinator for Ocean Rowing Society International, the governing body for international ocean rowing.

In 2021, Fiann Paul pro-bono developed a geodatabase that documents the history of human-power ocean exploration.