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Portraits
Laurie
Andrews (465) and Michele Jensen (500), positive
Helder
Alexandre Sousa Ferreira (613), surprising
Desert
Team 22 (328, 329, 330, 331,332), focused
Ian
Sharman (821), motivated
Shigemi
Hazama (631), hilarious
Gilles
Diehl (141), modest
Mohamad
Ahansal (1), under pressure
Al
Aqra’ Salameh (71), ambitious
Jorge
Aubeso Martinez (622), zen
Touda
Didi (6), determined
Ryan
Gregory (526), hollywoodian
Sylvie
Alcala Bournat (187), serene
Stéphane
Lesoin (207), reliable
Louis
Cornevin (48), passionate
David
and Mark Simon (531 and 532), together
Paddy
Haddock (892), fishy |
COMPETITORS'
CORNER
Akanksha Foundation
Cancer Research UK
St. Vincent’s cancer
Passion Trophy
Noma Facing Africa
AICR
ING Chances for Children
Fred Hollows Foundation
RUN 4 CHILDREN
Competitors list - 2008
Blackfriars’s School
OFFICIAL
PARTNERS
KIA MOTORS
NEW BALANCE
THEOLIA
Buff
ONMT
Sidi Ali
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| Akanksha Foundation - India |
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Brigid Wefelnberg (D-D368) from Germany will
be running for the third time the MARATHON DES SABLES and collect
money for the "Akanksha Foundation" based in Mumbai, India.
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| Supporting St. Vincent's cancer survivors
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Paul Gladwell (AUS-D491) and Martin Edwards(AUS-D485)
are preparing for the marathon of their life. These St. Vincent's
employees are determined to conquer the awe-inspiring MARATHON
DES SABLES.
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AICR
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Jordi Pitarch-Marquino (SP-D595), a Catalan
resident in Scotland and student at the University of Edinburgh,
is running the MDS 2008 on behalf of AICR to raise funds to
finance new cancer treatments.
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ING Chances for Children,
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Jeff GRANT (US-D493) is running MDS 2008 to
raise funds and awareness for ING Chances for Children, a corporate
program that aims to give 120,000 children access to education
in 2008. According to UNICEF, more than 115 million children
in the world do not have access to education. This program
advocates quality basic education for all children - girls
and boys - with an emphasis on gender equality and eliminating
disparities of all kinds.
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826 competitors - 11 March 2008
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Blackfriars School - Special school
for pupils
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Richard WEREMIUK (GB-D857), competitor in the
2008 MDS is raising money for the Blackfriars's School, a registered
Charity in the UK.
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| Cancer Research UK |
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Simon HOLDEN (GB- D 732) is running the MdS
this year in an attempt to raise £10,000 for Cancer Research
UK
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| PASSION TROPHY |
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Many runners come back regularly to do the
MARATHON DES SABLES, but Christian GINTER (F) and François
CRESCI (F) have been back every year since the third edition,
that's to say 20 MDS in a row!
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NOMA
FACING AFRICA |
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The FACING AFRICA team (24 competitors) is
raising money to NOMA, one of the most terrifying diseases,
affecting mainly young children suffering from malnutrition.
It destroys the face, attacking the jaw, nose and eyes.
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The Fred Hollows Foundation
Run 4 Vision |
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Markus Schar and Joshua Kennedy White live
in Australia and will run the 23rd MDS for a good cause.
They want to use their time and efforts in training for this
race as worthwhile as possible and decided to raise money
to help people around the world to regain their eyesight.
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RUN 4 CHILDREN (Germany)
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Across the desert for a childs's smile
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Andree Morth (D- D333) and Dorothe Wolf (D- D399) from Germany
starting at the 23rd MDS. They founded the aid project run4children
to raise money for children suffering from cancer.
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