Gavan Hennigan

Gavan Hennigan, born in 1981 and raised in Galway, Ireland, is an Irish extreme environment athlete who pursues snowboarding, mountaineering, ultra running and rowing and has raised over 12,000 euros for local Galway charities. He worked for over ten years as a saturation diver on oil rigs. In 2016 he was the fastest solo competitor in the history of the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge, rowing about three thousand miles in 49 days, 11 hours and 37 minutes. In 2020 he was the men's foot champion of the Iditarod Trail Invitational ITI350, finishing the 350 mile route in 6 days, 12 hours and 37 minutes, and in 2024 he was again men's foot champion at the ITI1000, completing the 1000 mile route in 24 days, 18 hours and 9 minutes.