Dr Chen Jianmin was born in 1957. At the age of two, he was paralyzed by polio. Losing the ability to move, in addition to facing the physical obstacles in life, there are suddenly many invisible boundaries imposed on the disabled by the outside world in life, but this has increasingly prompted Dr. Chen to make up his mind to break through the shackles of fate. "I was born with a strong will to prove to myself and others that nothing is difficult in the world as long as I have a firm belief. If you do it wholeheartedly and wholeheartedly, the bumpy road will come and the arduous challenges will be overcome. " His parents are hawkers, and there is no superior family condition for him to pursue his dream of becoming a scientist and a doctor freely. Everything can only rely on his own efforts. Unable to afford crutches and wheelchairs, Chen Jianmin had to crawl instead of walk for a long time. Poor sanitary conditions infected him with skin diseases and other diseases. The doctor suggested sending Jianmin to the Red Cross home, but mom and dad felt that no matter how hard it was, they should take their children with them. At school age, they ran around trying to get him into an ordinary school instead of a school for disabled children. "My mother thinks that I can't walk except my feet, and my ability is not worse than other children, so I insist on going to school like a normal person. She believes that only education can change my life and make me stand on my own feet. " With the support of his mother and sister in turn, he completed his primary and secondary studies with excellent results and was admitted to the Department of Life Sciences of the Medical College of the National University of Singapore. Later, he studied health policy at Oxford University, and finally completed his doctorate in neurology at Harvard University with a full scholarship. (Proper top student! )
For ordinary people, it is very sad to get polio and spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. But for Dr. Chen Jianmin, this is not the end. In 2009, when he was running a marathon in a wheelchair in Paris, France, he had a nosebleed of 42.2 kilometers and almost fainted on the Champs Elysé es and the Arc de Triomphe. After returning to China, he was diagnosed with stage IV hematological tumor, with more white blood cells than ordinary people 160 times. The doctor said that without chemotherapy, he could only live for one year. Later, he actively fought against cancer. After six months of chemotherapy, he received a bone marrow transplant at the National University Hospital of Singapore (NUH) in 2009, relying on the bone marrow donated by his second sister. In the process of fighting cancer, he developed hair loss, vomiting and diarrhea, oral ulcers, and side effects such as peeling and shaking hands after bone marrow replacement. He changed from a strong athlete to a sick cat, but his then girlfriend Huang Xiujin, a bank employee and a volunteer in a nursing home, has been taking good care of him. Their long-term love run also came to fruition in June 10, 10, 1-they registered to get married that day, which was the first anniversary of his bone marrow transplant. (Winner in life! )
Speaking of Dr. Chen Jianmin's experience of becoming attached to wheelchair marathon, it is also quite legendary. /Kloc-When he was 0/7 years old, he read a news in the newspaper that Wasid, a former police officer who was disabled due to work-related injuries, initiated and promoted the first wheelchair sports meeting in Singapore, which made Chen Jianmin very excited. He ran from home to Huala Park and limped onto the runway to meet Wasid. Wasid looked at the enthusiastic young man in front of him, pointed to an empty wheelchair and said to Chen Jianmin, "Sit on it and try." Because of his poor family, Chen Jianmin has never been able to afford a wheelchair. This is his first chance to sit in a wheelchair. He took a deep breath, slowly pushed the steering wheel and turned round and round on the runway. A new rhythm sounded in his ear: "That was another turning point in my life. Experience what speed is for the first time. What a wonderful thing it was to be able to run. " Since then, Chen Jianmin has never looked back. Under the guidance of Wasid, he received all kinds of hard training regularly and became a disabled athlete. 1980, he was the first runner to finish the 42.2km marathon in a wheelchair. He said, "It took me four hours to reach the finish line, and my friends said I was crazy."
Next comes a series of challenges, including the Asia-Pacific Games, the Commonwealth Games and even the Paralympic Games. He won awards again and again. "I want to continue to wash myself and prove people's potential. Never giving up is my belief. I used to do only 50 push-ups a day. We can achieve 450 now, and we may achieve 600 in the future. Everything depends on whether you have the willpower. " I can't do it 50 times a day. . . Is he Iron Man? )
From 65438 to 0987, Chen Jianmin made full use of his athletic ability and made contributions to charity. His first charity event was a 16-hour marathon on the runway of his alma mater, Raffles College. Since then, Chen Jianmin has received many similar invitations. Up to now, he has raised more than 20 million yuan for many charities, benefiting many organizations at home and abroad, including university endowment fund, Nanyang Technological University Student Union Student Fund, National University of Singapore, Polytechnic Institute, Boston Children's Hospital, international charity Global Flight Hospital, California Free Wheelchair Missionary Society, St. George's Hospital in Sydney, Australia, etc. On June 65438+February 65438+February 09, 2007, Dr. Chen Jianmin completed seven marathons in seven continents: the United States, Japan, Africa, Britain, New Zealand, Chile and Antarctica in 26 days, rewriting the 30-day record set by Japanese Canadian citizen RichardTakata in March of the same year and setting a new world record. Even though he was very weak after suffering from cancer, he led 40 students to complete the 80km marathon in August 2009 and raised S $654.38 million for poor patients in six hospitals and the National Cancer Center. In the indomitable spirit, Dr. Chen participated in the school pocket money fund of the Straits Times one month later and led a group of children to run on the runway for 12 hours, with the goal of raising 70,000 yuan.
20 15 in order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the "rebirth" for six years after bone marrow transplantation, Dr. Chen Jianmin rode a wheelchair around the 400m track of Temasek Junior College for 50 hours on August 28th, during which he didn't sleep or eat except going to the toilet and drinking drinks to replenish water. The goal is to raise S $50,000 to help poor children in three charities.
Dr. Chen's efforts for the society and mankind have won the highest honor and praise from the country, and won the 200 1 Presidential Social Service Award and the 2007 National Day Service Star respectively. Overseas, Dr. Chen's humanitarian contribution has long been widely recognized. The international community awarded him the following awards: 1997 World Outstanding Youth Award, 1998 * * and Federal Youth Award, 2000 ASEAN Youth Award and 2003 Reader's Digest Asia Inspirational Asia Award. As an outstanding alumnus who graduated from the School of Science of Nanyang Technological University, he won the Nanyang Outstanding Alumni Award in 2009. At present, Chen Jianmin is a resident of the National Cancer Center and an international inspirational lecturer.
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