Company: Silver Bullet Productions
Country: SOUTH AFRICA
Section: SPORTS AND SOCIETY – SPORT VALUES
Discipline: Athletics
Year of production: 2014
Director: Wayne de Lange, Sven Harding
Editing: Coralee Long
Actors: Pieter du Preez
Photography: Wayne de Lange
Producer: Ariane Questiaux
Time: 5 min
Synopsis
The Wings for Life World Run ambassador Pieter du Preez overcame a tragic cycling accident – which left him paralysed from the chest down – and becomes the first ever C6 quadriplegic to complete an Iron Man triathlon. It recounts this exceptional sportsman’s battle with the kind of spinal cord injury that the Wings For Life Foundation is aiming to cure. We witness the determination that enables Pieter to juggle a grueling training regime, a white-collar career, and the fully independent life he shares with his wife Illse.