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Mark Pollock | |
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 Mark Pollock at the 2014 One Young World Conference | |
| Born | 29 February 1976 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 |
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| Commonwealth Rowing Championships | ||
Representing  Northern Ireland
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2002 Nottingham | Rowing |
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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]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
Setting his sights highwas 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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