Kevin Lin (林義傑, November 19, 1976) is a Taiwanese ultramarathon runner from Taipei and politician who served as the vice chairperson of the Cultural Communication Commission of the Kuomintang (Nationality Party).
 Kevin Lin in 2006 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Native name | 林義傑 |
| Nationality | Taiwanese |
| Born | November 19, 1976 Taipei, Taiwan |
| Home town | Taipei, Taiwan |
| Alma mater | Tianmu Campus, University of Taipei National Chung Cheng University National Taiwan University National Chengchi University |
| Occupation | ultramarathon runner |
| Sport | |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Sport | Running |
Kevin Lin | |
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| Vice Chairperson of the Cultural Communication Commission of Kuomintang | |
| Assumed office October 2021 | |
| Chairman | Eric Chu |
| Leader | See list
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| Personal details | |
| Political party | Kuomintang |
| Relatives | Fifi Wang (media personality; cousin) |
Background
editBased in Taipei, Lin is one of the best known endurance athletes in Asia. Lin, together with Charlie Engle and Ray Zahab, became the first modern runner to cross the Sahara Desert on February 21, 2007.
He had agreed to work with the H2O Africa project and be part of the first team of runners to cross the Sahara from coast to coast. The expedition was filmed and edited into a documentary, Running the Sahara, narrated by Matt Damon and released in November 2007 with the logistics support of Sam Rutherford.
The Running the Sahara project began in Senegal and went through Mauritania, Mali, Niger, and Libya before culminating in Egypt.
A full-time graduate student, he won his first ever 150-mile (241-kilometer) race across the Atacama Desert in Chile in 2004.
In September 2011 he completed an unprecedented 10,000-kilometer run of the Silk Road.[1]
In 2016, he executive produced the sports film 10,000 Miles which stars Sean Huang, Megan Lai and Darren Wang.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Taiwan runner shares joy on historic Silk Road journey - Latest - FOCUS TAIWAN - CNA ENGLISH NEWS". Retrieved 21 September 2017.
- ^ "Jay Chou as Executive Producer of "10,000 Miles" - Taipei Film Commission". Archived from the original on 2017-10-12. Retrieved 2017-10-11.
External links
edit- Kevin Life 林義傑個人官方網站
- Running the Sahara
- Audio Interview with Charlie Engle: Kevin's teammate speaks about the "Running the Sahara" expedition
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