Mark Pollock

Mark Pollock was born in 1976 in Northern Ireland. When he was five years old, he lost all sight in his right eye, for the rest of his childhood  he began attempting to avoid rough team sports to try preserve the vision in his left eye.  He studied Business and Economics in Trinity College, Dublin. He was also a very good rower and represented Northern Ireland and won two medals in the Common Wealth Games.At the age of 22 he became completely blind. Hes retinas had de-tached.
2 years ago he fell from a 2 story window and fractured his skull,his lungs were bleeding and his spine was broken in two places.He couldn't feel anything from the stomach down. He told us the three most important things in life were to be brave,different and ambitious. In 2008 he raced to the north pole. The race began on the 4th of Januruary with the temperature at - 45 degrees. He came fifth overall