Leven Brown (born 14 August 1972)[1] is a British Ocean Rower who has held five Guinness World Records.[2][3] He along with his crew Don Lennox, Livar Nysted and Ray Carroll also held the world record for "longest distance rowed in 24h in an ocean rowing boat" at 118 miles, is the first and thus far only in the sport ever to have held North and 'Trade Winds' (Mid Atlantic) speed records simultaneously and to hold two speed records over two separate oceans (North Atlantic and Indian Ocean) [4][5] Brown was brought up on a landlocked farm in his native Scottish Borders but was introduced to the ocean at an early age where he discovered ocean rowing. After a career with Brewin Dolphin Securities that spanned 17 years he did his first Ocean Row in 2005.[6]
- ^ "Leven Brown". OceanRowing.com. Ocean Rowing Society. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
- ^ Guinness World record website, Guinness book of records 2006, 2009, 2011 [1]
- ^ Ocean Rowing Society - Adjudicators website Archived 21 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ - Ocean Rowing Adjudicator Website)
- ^ The Daily Record, 17 July 2010 - journalist Andrew Gerard
- ^ Newspaper Article - The Southern Reporter, Tuesday 27 July 2010 10:54