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First Name Vasile
Last Name Stoica
Born 1970-06-30
Country Romania
Biography 
VASILE STOICA
Vasile Stoica is the first man in manual wheelchair to ever travel Route 66, from LA to Chicago. He broke the Guinness World Record for covering the longest distance of exactly 82 miles in a wheelchair within 24 hours. He is the president of the Sport Club of The Physically Disabled people MARATHON '93 Lugoj, Romania. He practices basketball, athletics, table-tennis and fishing; he has a passion for web-design, photography and painting.


PERFORMANCES
In the spring of 1993 The Lugoj Association of The Physically Disabled people, of whose member I was, was invited to participate at the European Conference of the Disabled People held in Siofok in Hungary. Then I decided to make the whole distance from Lugoj to Siofok in the wheelchair as a gesture of friendship. I rode 340 km in 4 days
In May 1993 I took part at the Challenge Day marathon which was held in Bucharest. I was the first wheelchair user from Romania who took part in this marathon.
In August 1993 I started a new tour. This time I wanted to arrive in France. The Marathon of courage meant 3400km. I rode this distance alone in the wheelchair in 40 days. I rode through Hungary, Austria, Germany and France. The aim of this tour was my participation at the national conference of the Bugies De Noel.
My tour was a gesture of friendship and a way of thanking to all the people and associations who had helped the disabled people from Romania. My courage of starting alone in this tour set an example for all the disabled people from Romania. I became a public person known and appreciated both in Romania and abroad. Being invited by Mrs. Danielle Mitterand herself at the Ellysse Palace proves that my gesture was highly appreciated.
Returned home I began training myself and participating together with other mates from Lugoj at sports competitions for disabled people. In a short while I have managed to become a champion in the speed and resistance wheelchair competitions.

In 1994 I established in Lugoj the Sport Club of the Physically Disabled people MARATHON '93 Lugoj. I was appointed club’s president. Shortly after, our club became the strongest club for disabled people's in the country.
In 1995 I decided to start on a new tour. This time it was A Wheelchair World Tour, with the aim of participating at the opening of the ParalimpycGames in Atlanta.I left Bucharest on the 15 May 1995. I rode through Romania , Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Sweden , Denmark, Germany , Holland , Belgium, and France. Unfortunately at the Spanish border I was forced to abort the tour, because there wasn’t any sponsor to support my project . I was very dissapointed especially because of the very good physical condition I was in and because the participation at the PG. was dream i had.
In May 1998, I began a Round the World Tour by wheelchair. I returned in May 1999, after crossing parts of Europe,(Romania, Hungary, Austria, Germany, France), Canada, U.S.A., Australia (east coast from Melbourne to Cairns), North Africa (Egypt), Turkey, Bulgaria and Romania.
On OCTOBER 20-21, 2001,Valencia, CA , I broke the Guinness World Record for covering the longest distance in a wheelchair in 24 hours. I beat the existing 77.58 mile, record, in 19 hours and 16 minutes, owned by a Canadian. I continued to go more laps around the 400 meter track for a final 24-hour record of 82 miles. This new record i set will be included in a documentary that is presenting all the remarkable disabled people troughout the world. This documentary is entitled Broken Wings and it is produced by The Amphion Production Inc., from Los Angeles
In the spring of 2003 I have done a trip from Los Angeles to Chicago, on the well-known Route 66. I traveled about 3800 km, in 66 days, passing through California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Illinois.
The last trip I have made was in 2006, 7375 km in 100 days from Bucharest (Romania) to Cabo Finisterra (Spain) and back to Dusseldorf (Germany).
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