Michael Phelps may have dominated the swimming pools for his record-breaking performances in the Olympics, but this 61-year old marathon swimmer rules the wildest rivers of the world!
The 61-year-old Slovenian marathon swimmer Martin Strel may not look like someone who is capable of swimming across vast bodies of water, but believe it or not, he's a Guinness world record holder.
At his age, he has already swum the Danube River in a record- breaking 58 days, The Mississippi in 68 days, the Yangtze in 51 and the Amazon in just 66 days!
He is the only person to accomplish the feat of swimming the entire length of the Amazon!
In his entire swimming career, the athlete has already faced life-threatening medical risks and even physical injuries. According to him, the most memorable ones are when he was attacked by piranhas while swimming the Amazon and when he sustained liver damage swimming in the polluted waters of the Yangtze.
"My life is very connected with water," he said.
Despite his age and record-breaking experiences, the "King of Rivers" still plans on doing more marathon swims.
"My target is just to raise as much more awareness on this planet. I don't know everything, but I know a lot!--I think I am one of the people in this planet who really know what's going on with water today. My target is to see happy fish swimming in the water,"
The 61-year-old Slovenian marathon swimmer Martin Strel may not look like someone who is capable of swimming across vast bodies of water, but believe it or not, he's a Guinness world record holder.
At his age, he has already swum the Danube River in a record- breaking 58 days, The Mississippi in 68 days, the Yangtze in 51 and the Amazon in just 66 days!
He is the only person to accomplish the feat of swimming the entire length of the Amazon!
In his entire swimming career, the athlete has already faced life-threatening medical risks and even physical injuries. According to him, the most memorable ones are when he was attacked by piranhas while swimming the Amazon and when he sustained liver damage swimming in the polluted waters of the Yangtze.
"My life is very connected with water," he said.
Despite his age and record-breaking experiences, the "King of Rivers" still plans on doing more marathon swims.
"My target is just to raise as much more awareness on this planet. I don't know everything, but I know a lot!--I think I am one of the people in this planet who really know what's going on with water today. My target is to see happy fish swimming in the water,"
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