Magnus Jákupsson is a professional swimmer who swam for the Faroe Islands until 2012 and for Denmark since 2013. He is also swimming for Farum Svømmeklub since March 2015. Earlier he swam for the Danish clubs SIGMA Nordsjælland and Vestegnens Aqua Team and for the Faroese club Havnar Svimjifelag. Until 2012 he held several Faroese records, he holds the second most Faroese men's swimming records, after Pál Joensen. His Faroese records are in backstroke, individual medley and butterfly. He moved to Denmark in 2011, and the following year he changed his swimming nationality to Danish. After that he can only set Danish records, not Faroese, and he can only represent Denmark in swimming competitions. Until he changed swimming nationality he was the record holder of six individual Faroese records on short course and eight individual Faroese records on long course. In October 2013 Jákupsson was selected for the Great Danes project, and the year after, in November 2014, he was selected for the Danish senior national team for men, named The Vikings. In 2015 he broke the Danish record in 50 metre backstroke on short course at the 2015 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Netanya, Israel with the time 23.84. On 24 January 2016 he tied the long course Danish record in the same event, set by Mathias Gydesen in 2010. Jákupsson broke the record at the Flanders Speedo Cup where he won the gold medal. He is currently one of the best Danish male swimmers.
Swimming results
2011 Faroese Championships
Magnus Jákupsson was the second most winning swimmer at the 2011 Faroese Championships in Tórshavn in May 2011. He won 11 gold and one bronze medal, Pál Joensen won most medals: 11 gold and three silver.
Magnus Jákupsson competed one time at the Islands Games for the Faroe Islands, before his change of nationality. He won 3 gold, 5 silver and one bronze medalal at the Island Games on the Isle of Wight in July 2011. His results:
Gold in 50 m freestyle with the time 24.21, which was new Danish record. Andreas Schiellerup swam in the same time so they shared the gold medal and the record.
Gold in 100 m backstroke in the time 51.75.
Gold in 200 m backstroke with the time 1:54.90.
2013 European Short Course Championships in Herning
Number 13 in 50 metre backstroke with the time 24.06, which was a new Danish record.
Gold in 4x50 metre medley with Farum Guns H+ Arkitekter from Farum Swimming Club, their time was 1:38.38. Jákupsson was the first to swim, he swam in the time 24.32
Gold in 4x100 metre freestyle with Farum Guns H+ Arkitekter from Farum Swimming Club, their time was 3:17.89
Magnus Jákupsson broke the Danish record two times in 50 metre backstroke at the European Short Course Swimming Championship, first in the heats with the time 24.01 and after that he improved his own record with the time 23.84. He became number 11 in the semifinale and did not make it to the final.
Number 11 in 50 metre backstroke with the time 23.84
2016 Flanders Speedo Cup
Jákupsson competed at the Flanders Speedo Cup from 22–24 January 2016 with the Danish national team swimmers from the Great Danes and the Vikings.
Gold in 50 m backstroke with the time 25.44, which was Danish and Nordic record, Magnus Jákupsson is the co-holder of the records together with Mathias Gydesen, who broke the same record in 2010.
2016 Danish Open
Gold in 50 m backstroke with the time 25.43, which was new Danish and Nordic record.
