PERSONAL STORIES - Philippe Croizon

Philippe Croizon is a great example of what an individual can accomplish against fears and personal restraints;  

Mr. Croizon,is a quadruple, french originated, that follows his dream despite difficulties.

Mr. Croizon with long-distance swimmer Arnaud Chassery

 

Mr. Croizon hasn't always been quadruple. What changed his life was an electrocution accident in 1994; at the age of 18 he was struck by an electric shock of more than 20,000 volts when trying to remove a TV antenna from a roof.

However, this turning point in his life, did not make him quit from his life and dreams, and now at the age of 44 he is globally admired for his courage to swim from cold waters island of Little Diomede (Alaska), crossing the Bering Strait, to Big Diomede (eastern Russia) covering a distance of 4 km (2.5 miles) in 80 minutes.

 

 

As this task is not easy, he is equipped with flippers attached to prosthettic limbs and he is accompanied by long-distance swimmer Arnaud Chassery.

 

Nonetheless, this is not the first time Mr. Croizon completed such as hard task, as in the past he has crossed Papua New Guinea to Indonedia (Oceania-Asia), Red Sea to Jordan (Africa- Asia), Spain to Morocco (Europe-Africa).

 

Translation & Editing by Christiana Vellianiti

Sources: star.gr/ TheTelegraph.co.uk