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Jack Jarvis

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Jack Jarvis
Born12 November 1993
Southampton, United Kingdom
💼 Occupation
British Soldier, Adventurer
🌐 Websiteunitedweconquer.co.uk

Jack Jarvis is a serving British Soldier who became the first person to row solo from mainland Europe to mainland North America (2022).

Background and Military Career[edit]

Jack's grandfather passed away on 20th November 2007 as a result of a brain tumour.[1].

United We Conquer[edit]

United We Conquer is Jack's brand for his challenges.

Jack's first challenge for United We Conquer was to run a marathon while carrying a 26kg rowing machine. Jack completed the marathon on Pendle Hill in Burnley in nine hours and thirty minutes, raising £5,000 in the process[2].

Following the completion of the marathon, Jack began training for a world first row across the Atlantic[3].

World First Atlantic Row[edit]

In December 2021, Jack Jarvis, completed a world first solo and unsupported Atlantic Ocean row[4].

During the challenge Jack received support from many high profile individuals, including Sir David Beckham[5], Gary Neville[6], Sir Jonny Wilkinson[7] and Sir Steve Redgrave[8].

The challenged raised more than £63,000 for UK brain tumour charity, brainstrust[9]

TV and radio appearances[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "The Cause". United We Conquer. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  2. "Jack's Pendle Hill rowing challenge is a drop in the ocean". www.burnleyexpress.net. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  3. Costello, Ellie (2021-08-12). "British soldier aiming to be first person to row across the Atlantic from Portugal to Miami". www.gbnews.uk. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  4. Miami, Jacqui Goddard. "British soldier rows solo across Atlantic in 111 days". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  5. "David Beckham surprises solo Atlantic rower with video message". BBC News. 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  6. Gary Neville sends his well wishes, retrieved 2022-04-05
  7. A shout-out from Jonny Wilkinson!, retrieved 2022-04-05
  8. Jack Jarvis on Facebook Watch, retrieved 2022-04-05
  9. "Jack's row solo from Europe to North America. The challenge will be a world-first and will cover 4,500 nautical miles across 100 days". JustGiving. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  10. "https://mobile.twitter.com/bbcbreakfast/status/1489132097994375172". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-04-05. External link in |title= (help)
  11. Walters, Amy Wiltshire Alex. "Royal Engineer begins world-first Atlantic row in memory of late grandfather". Forces Network. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
  12. British solider to row solo from Portugal to America, retrieved 2022-04-05
  13. "https://twitter.com/skynews/status/1462744163271778306". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-04-05. External link in |title= (help)
  14. "talkSPORT". talkSPORT. Retrieved 2022-04-05.



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