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  • Description: Steve Fonyo was a Canadian amputee runner known for his “Journey for Lives” across Canada between 1984 and 1985. Starting in St. John’s, he completed the coast-to-coast run in approximately 425 days, covering 7,924 km (4,922 miles) and raising over CAD 14 million for cancer research. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1985, later revoked in 2010
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: Canada
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1965-2022
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: On foot, A piedi, A pied
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Canada
  • Internet: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Fonyo
  • Multimedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurt_(2015_film)
  • Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7612565
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Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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