Janice Meek

Janice "Jan" Meek FRGS (formerly Cooper and Byles, born 1944) is a British adventurer and ocean rower. In 1997 she took part in the first ever Atlantic Rowing Race, the Port St Charles Barbados Atlantic Rowing Race,[1] successfully crossing the Atlantic Ocean unsupported in 23-foot (7.0 m) wooden rowing boat in 101 days with her son Daniel Byles. A decade later in 2007, she and her son walked and skied 350 miles (560 km) from Resolute, Nunavut to the Magnetic North Pole in 20 days and 5 hours.[2] She currently holds four Guinness World Records.

Background

Meek has owned and run several restaurants, including the prestigious De Courceys in South Wales, and has been a wedding organiser and events manager.[3]

Adventures and expeditions

Atlantic rowing race 1997

Meek and her son Daniel Byles participated in the first ocean rowing race rowed 3,044 nautical miles (5,637 km) from Tenerife to Barbados. In rowing across the Atlantic, the pair achieved two Guinness World Records: they became the first mother and son team to row any ocean;[4] and at 53 Meek became the oldest person at the time to row any ocean,[5] although since 2005 this record has been held by Pavel Rezvoy (66).[6]

In 2006 Meek and her son Daniel Byles were belatedly awarded a Guinness World Record certificate for being the first mother and son team to row any ocean in 1997/8.[4]

References
  1. "Ocean Rowing Summary: Port St Charles, Barbados, Atlantic Rowing Race 1997". www.challengebusiness.com. Archived from the original on 4 November 2002. Retrieved 4 November 2002.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 May 2007. Retrieved 11 May 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. "BBC - South East Wales Food - De Courceys in Pentyrch near Cardiff". 11 October 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 12 May 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. "Presentation of the Guinness World Records Certificates to Oceanrowers". Ocean Rowing Society. 18 September 2006. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 February 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "The youngest and oldest oceanrowers". www.oceanrowing.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
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