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Mark Pollock
Mark Pollock at the 2014 One Young World Conference
Born
(1976-02-29) 29 February 1976 (age 48)
Ireland
Nationality
Irish
Education
Royal Belfast Academical Institution University College Dublin Trinity College Dublin
Occupation(s)
Motivational speaker, explorer, and author
Parent(s)
Barbara and Johnny
Awards
People of the Year Award UCD Alumnus of the Year in Business
Mark Pollock
Medal record
Commonwealth Rowing Championships
Representing Northern Ireland
2002 Nottingham
Rowing
2002 Nottingham
Rowing
Mark Pollock (born 29 February 1976) is an international motivational speaker, explorer, and author from Ireland[1][2] who became the first blind man to race to the South Pole. As part of a three-man team called South Pole Flag, alongside Simon O'Donnell and Inge Solheim he took 43 days in January 2009 to complete the Amundsen Omega 3 South Pole Race.[3] Pollock asserted his disability had slowed him down but they finished fifth overall from the six teams that finished the race.[4] He had participated against nine other teams, including that of BBC personality Ben Fogle and the Olympic gold medallist James Cracknell, a friend of Pollock.[1] An avid rower Pollock has won bronze and silver medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Rowing Championships in Nottingham, England and has also written a book titled Making It Happen. Around 2020, he was involved in the creation of Collaborative Cures.[5]
^ abCite error: The named reference Setting his sights high was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Staff should 'live the brand' for companies". Irish Independent. 1 March 2006. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
^"Blind man returns from polar adventure". The Irish Times. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
^"Blind Irishman completes arduous journey to the South Pole". Irish Independent. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
^"Background - collaborative cures". Collaborative Cures. Collaborative Cures. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2024. Collaborative Cures was established in 2020 to scale Mark Pollock's work to bring people together to cure paralysis in our lifetime.
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