After having been diagnosed with an only partially removable brain tumor (which resulted in an impaired sense of balance and vision) and a black skin cancer in 2009, Sven Marx from Berlin decided that should he make it to his 50th birthday, he would embark on a tour around the world on his bicycle in order to raise awareness for the importance of inclusion and disabled sports.
He started his tour in 2015 and has since then cycled through numerous countries, met the Pope to get the ‘Inklusionsfackel’ (Flame of Inclusion Torch) blessed, carried the torch to the Paralympic games in Rio in 2016 and has been promoting inclusion and the breaking down of barriers wherever he went.
Sven Marx is currently on his way from Australia to New Zealand. He stopped at the SBS studios in Melbourne to tell his fascinating story.
In the second part of this series he talks about his idea of a world tour and how he prepared himself for it.
