Adam Burke (rower)

{{Short description|Irish ocean rower}}

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| nationality = Republic of Ireland

| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|28|2014|12|7}}

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Adam Burke is an ocean rower from Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland.{{Cite web |date=2014-12-07 |title=Novice Irish rower who broke record by crossing Atlantic is featured in new documentary |url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/novice-irish-rower-who-broke-record-by-crossing-atlantic-is-featured-in-new-documentary-30805569.html |access-date=2022-03-17 |website=independent |language=en}} He currently holds two Guinness World Records; firstly as a crew member on the Sara G, the fastest pure class ocean rowing boat to have crossed the Atlantic Ocean east to west,{{cite web|title=Ocean Rowing Society|url=http://www.oceanrowing.com/statistics/record_standard.htm|work=Ocean Rowing Records|accessdate=26 February 2011}} and secondly, as a member of the same crew that rowed the most consecutive days, achieving a distance of over 100 miles per day.{{cite web|title=Ocean Rowing Society |url=http://www.oceanrowing.com/SaraG_distance.htm |work=Ocean Rowing Records |accessdate=26 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921131233/http://www.oceanrowing.com/SaraG_distance.htm |archivedate=21 September 2016 }} The record now stands at 12 days.{{cite web|title=Ocean Rowing Society |url=http://www.oceanrowing.com/Oceanrowers/Sara_G_Press_release.htm |work=Ocean Rowing Records |accessdate=26 February 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714224426/http://www.oceanrowing.com/Oceanrowers/Sara_G_Press_release.htm |archivedate=14 July 2011 }}