Ten great TEDTalks from Olympians and Paralympians.

TEDxRotterdam – Maarten van der Weijden – On surviving cancer and becoming Olympic champion

Maarten van der Weijden: On surviving cancer and becoming Olympic champion

Long-distance swimmer Maarten van der Weijden became a Dutch national hero in 2008 after winning gold at the Beijing Summer Olympics in the 10km open water marathon race, just five years after recovering from leukemia. However, van der Weijden calls the idea that he “beat cancer” a crock and warns against notions that a patient has any influence over whether they survive the devastating disease. (Filmed at TEDxRotterdam.)

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