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Professional Marathon Swimmer of
Rivers, Lakes and Oceans
around the World
"Swimming for Peace, Friendship and Clean Waters"
1994 Italy – (Lignano to Ravenna)
1997 English Channel – (U.K. to France)
1997 Africa – Europe (Tunisia, Africa to Pantelleria, Italy)
2000 Danube - (Germany to Romania) plus three stages more
2001 Danube River - (Melk, Austria to Paks, Hungary)
2002 Mississippi – (Itasca, Minnesota to Head of Passes ,Louisiana – Nearest village, Venice)
2003 Parana - (Iguaçu Falls to Puerto Madero , Center of Buenos Aires)
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Latest News
Big River Man feature-length documentary premiered at Sundance film festival in January 2009 and got World Cinema Cinematography Award!
Big River Man feature-length documentary in World Cinema Competition at Sundance film festival in January 2009.
A million steps in the fight against CANCER.
The legendary amazon swimmer Martin Strel has recently attended 2 international festivals in Europe.
Slideshow / Photogallery of the historic expedition down the largest river in the world, the Amazon.
Scientists in Brazil are claiming to have established as a scientific fact that the Amazon is the longest river in the world.
"For me it was about achieving the impossible," says Strel, who used to be a guitar teacher. "Like Hillary, to reach top of Everest."
Nathan Wilson from Canada was inspired by Martin´s trek and the symbolism of submitting
something greater than ourselves and he decided to write and produce a song called
River´s Flow. We´re now sharing it with you.
My name is Martin Strel. You can see I’m not Lance Armstrong or Tiger Woods. Some people might say I’m a little fat or a little old. Really, I’m just a simple man. I think there´s a lot of people in the world like me. People with dreams. Big dreams. Dreams they are afraid to try to reach.
