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The first romanian in a wheelchair on Guinness World Records... Vasile Stoica!!!
My Art Gallery Landscapes Abstract Modern Web Design Newspaper Articles Contacts Links Friends Photo Album Motivational Spring of 1993 - Lugoj (Romania) to Siofok (Hungary) by wheelchair as a gesture of friendship. I rode 340 Km in 4 days. In August 1993 I started into a new tour . This time I wanted to arrive in France. The Marathon ofcourage meant 3400Km. distance that I rode alone by wheelchair in 40 days. I rode throughHungary, Austria, Germany and France. In 1995 I decided to start on a new tour. This time it was A WHEELCHAIR WORLD TOUR, withthe aim of participating at the opening of the PARALYMPIC GAMES in ATLANTA.I left Bucharest on the 15 May 1995. I rode through RUMANIA, HUNGARY, SLOVAKIA, POLAND,SWEDEN, DENMARK, GERMANY, HOLLAND, BELGIUM, and FRANCE. Unfortunately at the Spanish border I was forced to abort the tour, because I couldn't find any sponsors. I was verysad because of this event since my physical condition was very good and the participation at thePG. was a very cherished dream. I didn't give up, though, I continued to train myself and to hope one day I will succeed. In May 1998, I began a ROUND THE WORLD TOUR by wheelchair . I returned in May 1999,after crossing parts of Europe,(Romania, Hungary, Austria, Germany, France), Canada, U.S.A.,Australia (est coast from Melbourne to Cairns), North Africa (Egypt), Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania. On October 20-21, 2001,VALENCIA, CA , I broke the Guinness World Record for covering thelongest distance in a wheelchair in 24-hours. I beat the existing 77.58 mile record in 19 hours and16 minutes. I continued to go more laps around the 400-meter track for a final 24-hour record of 82miles. The event ended with a group of neighborhood children running the last lap.My world record is part of BROKEN WINGS, a new documentary series about extraordinarydisabled people being produced by Amphion Productions (http://www.amphionpro.com/ /http://www.chiptaylor.com). On May 28, 20003 I became the first paraplegic to travel Route 66 from Los Angeles to Chicago ,journeying completely on my own and powered only by my hands. I undertook this amazing 66-day feat to raise awareness for disability issues in my home country, as well as gather funds for theAssociation for the Physically Disabled of Lugoj in Rumania, which recently lost its centralheadquarters and one of its members to a fire. On 2006 I make an other trip from Romania to Spain (Finisterre) and back to Germany (Düsseldorf). 7,375 kilometers in 100th days . In 2008 I started a new trip by a handbike adapted to my wheelchair. I planed to go all the way from Romania to Beijing, China. Unfortunately I have a bad accident on the road and I was forced to return home after more then 3,500 km. from Volgograd, Russia.
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