Meet Team 1 – Sweden
A team with long experience in endurance racing, with the Stockholm archipelago as their backyard. Pär, Annika and Joakim have a great track record in triathlon and swimrun and have done large sections of the course before. With Henrik’s navigation and multisport skills, they are a complete team to take on the adventure of one of the world’s toughest races.
They have all spent countless hours training and racing across and between the islands of the archipelago. To them, the One Water Race is the ultimate challenge both as an adventure and as a race.
“We also share the urgency to raise the awareness of the risk to our waters. Today we already have plenty of water refugees and it will just increase with the ongoing climate change. The One Water Race is a great way to inspire people to accomplish things that at first may seem impossible”.
”I’m very motivated to see if I can manage the complete course and to see how far outside my comfort zone I can go to accomplish that. I know that together with strong team-mates I can push myself very hard to reach the goal.”
Annika Ericsson, Stockholm
2022 – BAMM70 duo women (mountain orienteering), 19h41min, 1st place
2021 – BAMM50 duo women (mountain orienteering), 14h24 min, 7th place
2020 – Swimrun women Engadin, 6h03 min, 3rd place
2019 – Swimrun mixed Malta, 5h11 min, 3rd place
2019 – Swimrun mixed Costa Brava, 7h09, 1st place
2018 – ÖtillÖ women, 8h56min, 1st place
2017 – ÖtillÖ women, 10h03min, 1st place
2016 – ÖtillÖ women, 9h32min, 1st place
2015 – ÖtillÖ women, 10h30min, 1st place
2013 – ÖtillÖ mixed, 10h33min, 1st place
“It would be an incredible challenge that must be approached with detailed preparations and great humility. The biggest reward that I am looking forward to is the team experience, overcoming unknown adversity together to reach the finish line.”
Henrik Hult, Stockholm
2022 – Lidingö Backyard Ultra, 2nd place, 32hours, 215km
2022 – Täby Extreme Challenge, 100 miles, 1st place, 16h12m
2022 – Östhammar Adventure Race (multisport), 36h
2021 – Lidingö Backyard Ultra, 6th place, 30h, 201km
2021 – Nordic Islands Adventure Race (multisport), 24h, 5th place (duo)
2020 – Stockholm Adventure Race (multisport), 12h, Duo, 1st place
2019 – Åre Extreme Challenge, Lake Duo, 6th place
2019 – Nordic Islands Adventure Race Ragnarök (multisport), 40h, 6th place
2018 – Sörmlands Ultramarathon, 50k, 2nd place, 3h44m
2017 – Nordic Adventure Race, Norway (multisport), 30h
2016 – Stockholm Marathon, 79th place, 2h47m
”It is probably the coolest and most incredible thing you can do if you like this kind of challenge. To swim and run through days and nights in Stockholm’s fantastic archipelago. To be with the nature and with good friends for an extra ordinary long race and adventure that really requires something out of the ordinary.”
Pär Kristoffersson, Stockholm
2019 – ÖtillÖ men, 9h30min
2018 – ÖtillÖ men, 9h02min
2017 – Costa Brava swimrun, Spain, mixed, 1st place
2017 – Gravity race, mixed, France, 1st place
2017 – Amfibiemannen, mixed, 1st place
2016 – Högakusten swimrun men, 1st place
2016 – ÖtillÖ mixed, 4th place
2015 – ÖtillÖ mixed, 3rd place
2015 – ÖtillÖ world series Utö, mixed, 1st place
2012 – Ironman Kalmar, 9h01min
2011 – ÖtillÖ men, 5th place
“Looking forward to the challenge and the adventure together with a team. The road towards the race, including preparation, planning, training and doing this together with teammates. Finally – to execute the race and face challenges as they come up during the race.”
Joakim Axelsson, Halmstad
2019 – ÖtillÖ men 9.30
2018 – ÖtillÖ men 9.02
2016 – Högakusten swimrun men 1st place
2011 – ÖtillÖ mixed 1st place
2010 ÖtillÖ men 3rd place
2009 – ÖtillÖ men 3rd place
2009 – BAMM 50 duo men
