Team 5 – FRA/SWE

About

Team 5 – FRA/SWE

A powerhouse of experience, endurance, and determination. This exceptional team consists of Desirée Andersson, a former competitive swimmer and one of the most accomplished athletes in the sport, Lars Ekman, a Swedish military athlete with a career since 2011 who has never missed a podium in an ÖTILLÖ race, Hugo Tormento, a former French national swimmer who set a new ÖTILLÖ World Championship record by 38 minutes in 2022, and Nicolas Tormento, based in Stockholm since 2019, who brings invaluable local expertise as support crew.

Athletes of

Team 5 – FRA/SWE

– Why do you want to participate in One Water Race?

Since the race has been announced in 2021, it has been Hugo and Nicolas dream to participate to this race. Knowing each other’s capacities, we knew that we needed the right profile to propose a team decent enough to give a try. After many frustrating years, we believe we have found in Désirée and Lars the right people and are all very excited to leave this experience.

– What would be your biggest challenge as a team?

Primary challenge will be handling the cold as we are all very aware of the weather conditions we could have to face in the archipelago during august. Some of us being based in Stockholm, we will hopefully manage to gather enough experience testing gears and nutrition in race condition although the fatigue aspect of a 50 hours+ race will be hard to replicate.

– What are your goals if you would participate in One Water Race?

From prior years, we understand that finishing the race is already one of the greatest achievements one can aim. Adding to the lack of experience in self-orienteering racing, we believe this is the right goal for us.