User:Helmy Elsaeed/sandbox/Helmy Elsaeed

Helmy Elsaeed is a Guinness World Record holding cyclist, specializing in Endurance Events. In 2017, Helmy crossed the whole European continent on a bicycle, from Russia to Portugal in the fastest time ever recorded, breaking a World Record. In 2018, he crossed Egypt, his home country, entirely on foot, a distance of 900km. Helmy has set the ball rolling and redefined Human capabilities in Egypt, a country where it is not so common to find people going outside their comfort zone. It is Helmy's wish to change that narrative and motivate & inspire people to be more proactive in achieving their dream. After all, the word "Helmy" itself means My Dream".

'''Past Projects '''Crossing Egypt by foot In January 2018, Helmy decided to venture off cycling and take it down to the basics of Human endurance. He organized a team of 4 athletes to cross Egypt on foot from South to North. A total distance of 900km, averaging 42km per day for 23 days straight. Going in line with Helmy's vision for change, this expedition was to raise awareness about population growth, FGM, Gender equality and Women's rights.

'''Guinness World Record In June 2017, Helmy & alongside a team of Swedish cyclists, crossed Europe from the Eastern-most point to the Western-most point on bicycle. They crossed a total of 6100km in 29 days & 5 hours, breaking the previous World Record by a full 12 hours. The point of the record was to raise awareness & donations for www.viggofoundation.se. The strenuous push | Helmy El Saeed | TEDxMaadi Helmy El-Saeed is a 27 years old Guinness record breaker who studied economics at Concordia University, he cycled from the northernmost part of Europe in Norway to its most southern part in Gibraltar. This push to his comfort zone limits was not only to break the Guinness record but to raise awareness for autism as well. Helmy loved cycling so much, to the extent that he used to watch videos on YouTube to collect spare parts together and make his own bicycle. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community.

Egyptian endurance athlete Helmy Elsaeed is turning his attention to a challenge closer to home - and then potentially the Winter Olympics. In June, Elsaeed and four Swedish cyclists took 12 hours off the previous record time to complete the 6000km journey from northern Russia to western Portugal, raising money for autism charities along the way. “We took the bicycles and rode them every day for 29 days until we reached the most western point in Europe which is Cabo de Roca in Portugal,” said Elsaeed, talking about a journey through Belarus, Poland, Czech Republic, Germany, France and Spain, which lasted 29 days, five hours and 25 minutes. And the former finance worker turned athlete already has his next challenge in mind. “Me and my friends, who are involved in running and adventure, are planning to cross the whole of Egypt on foot from the most northern point to the most southern point,” he said. One of Elsaeed’s most memorable achievements so far was when he cross-country skied across the Arctic in 2012. He now hopes to persuade the Egyptian authorities to let him represent the country in the sport at the Winter Olympics. If he is successful, it would be only the second time Egypt has appeared at the Winter Games, having previously sent an alpine skier to the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo.