Everyday Perspective #38 - David van Wetherill - Paralympian: What Embracing Pain Taught Me About Myself

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Expect to get the everyday perspective on how a Paralypian was forged by his pain, understanding and overcoming his disability as a child, competing as an elite athlete, doing impossible challenges, embracing, even loving his pain and much more...
Despite waking up everyday in agonising pain, David van Wetherill is a Former British International Table Tennis Player and Paralympian who has the rare bone development disorder Multiple Epiphyseal Dysplasia. He has represented Great Britain at three international Paralympic Games, the first being Beijing in 2008 followed by London in 2012 and then 2016 Paralympic Games. More recently he takes on every challenge he can, including a World Record breaking Full Marathon on crutches.
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Insta - https://www.instagram.com/wetherill.para.fit
Most Viewed Table Tennis Shot Ever - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riR_SyhvB6s
00:00 Being Disabled Made Me
04:05 Realising I Was Disabled
10:33 Enter Table Tennis
17:22 Table Tennis Career
28:37 Embracing the Pain
36:23 Endurance Mentality
44:13 Marathon World Record
58:10 Cold Water Swimming
01:05:30 Building Mental Strength
01:13:09 Purpose and Motivation
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