Paralympian: What Embracing Pain Taught Me About Myself - David van Wetherill | #61

Expect to get the everyday perspective on how a Paralypian was forged by his pain, understanding and overcoming his disability as a child, competing as an elite athlete, doing impossible challenges, embracing, even loving his pain and much more...
Despite waking up everyday in agonising pain, David van Wetherill is a Former British International Table Tennis Player and Paralympian who has the rare bone development disorder Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia. He has represented Great Britain at three international Paralympic Games, the first being Beijing in 2008 followed by London in 2012 and then 2016 Paralympic Games. More recently he takes on every challenge he can, including a World Record breaking Full Marathon on crutches.
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00:00 Being Disabled Made Me
04:05 Realising I Was Disabled
10:33 Enter Table Tennis
17:22 Table Tennis Career
28:37 Embracing the Pain
36:23 Endurance Mentality
44:13 Marathon World Record
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I love being around you Dave, particularly within the Operation Enrichment group because you remind me that I can always do more, and be more. See all 3 of you down at the hoe for a sea swim haha!