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BELLINI
Alexandro


Sports resume :

Nationality : Italie
Sex : Homme
Age :  32
Alex was born in Aprica, Valtellina, in 1978.
In 1999 Alex is chosen to participate in the national selections for the Camel Trophy in Tonga.
From 2000 to 2001 he runs his first marathons, including the New York City Marathon and the Marathon des Sables, 260 km through the Moroccan Desert.
In 2002 and 2003 he flies towards the chill of the north for an adventure wich takes place every year in Alaska. During the first edition he covers 600 km (by foot and towing a sledge) finishing the race in 9 days.
In 2003 he runs 1400 km in 23 days reaching the 3rd place overall.
From the expanse of the northern ice, Alex decides to turn his attention to the vastness of the oceans.
In 2005 Alex becomes the first man to cross the Mediterranean sea and the Atlantic Ocean on a lone trip using a rowing boat 7,5 meters long. The 10,000 km long crossing from Genova to Fortaleza (Brasil) takes 226 days.
On February 21st , 2008, using the same rowing boat, Alex sets out from Lima, PeruÂ, rowing his way into the Pacific Ocean to reach Australia. He will succesfully conclude the crossing of the Pacific Ocean on December 13th , 2008 after a trip 18,000 km long and 294 days spent alone in the open ocean.
With this latest task, Alex makes his entrance into nautical history with a new record of the longest succesful ocean crossing with a rowing boat.
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