Jean Maggi is a 59-year-old Argentinian disabled person who has defied all physical limitations and went on to climb the Himalayas and crossed the Andes mountain. Jean has been an inspiration to many people from around the world.
The Argentinian was born in 1962 in Cordoba, Argentina. Jean was the second child of his parents. His mother noticed something was wrong with her son when he fell more than usual, and when she took him to the doctor, it was confirmed that he had contracted polio.
Maggi’s parents always treated him like one, like he did not have any disability. His father used to say, “the boy has to manage alone.” Though he faced many difficulties during his school days and day-to-day chores, Maggi recalls that it contributed to who he is today, a resilient fighter.
Who Is Jean Maggi? Wikipedia And Biografia
Jean Maggi is a differently abled athlete who became the first Argentinian Paralympian to climb the Himalayas. He is a 59-year-old fighter who has been an inspiration to many people from around the world.
Maggi contracted polio soon after his birth. But the physical limitation did not deter his determination and mental strength. The kid with polio went on to become a competitive athlete and has traveled the world on his adaptive bicycle.
The Argentinian has been an inspiration to millions of people with physical limitations around the world to go and strive for greatness. With his sights always on the top, Maggi declared in 2021 that he wants to become the first person with a disability to travel to space.
Jean just graduated as a civil astronaut from the National Aerospace Training and Research (NASTAR) and is eyeing completing his dream of traveling to space.
Jean Maggi Disability And Health 2022, Polio
In 2022, Jean Maggi is eyeing becoming the first person with a disability to reach space. Despite his physical limitations and health condition, his determination has brought him up to this point.
In the first year of his life, Jean Maggi contracted polio. Since then, he has not been able to walk on his feet. The Argentinian was also not in good health condition growing up.
The Argentinian went to school and college and studied engineering. He started his own business selling computers and got married and had children. He had friends and everything, but that was that; he needed a change in life.
He smoked a lot and was an obese person who always cared about food and drink. However, everything changed when he was 37 years old and suffered a heart attack. It was a wake-up call for Maggi, “either I change or I die,” he recalls.
Jean Maggi’s Road To Redemption
Maggi then started living a healthy life, was physically active with gardening around his house, and thought that he couldn’t live the life of an elderly person at just 37.
After that, he started moving around on an adaptive bicycle brought from Houston, Texas, and determined to run the New York marathon. He then lost weight and ran his first marathon at age 40.
With all the confidence after running the marathon, Maggi thought of taking up sports and started playing chair basketball, tennis, and golf. He then got inspired to climb the mountains after meeting a blind boy who had just kayaked down Aguna Blancas in Salta, Argentina.
In 2015, Jean Maggi reached 5,600 meters above sea level on his adapted bike in Khardung La, India, and successfully reached the Himalayas. Then in 2016, he created the Jean Maggi Foundation in his hometown Córdoba, Argentina.
It was created to contribute and help young people with disabilities through a factory that locally produces adapted bicycles. It has created more than 300 bicycles to date.
After being an inspiration to millions, in 2020, Netflix made a documentary El límite infinite, which chronicles how the disabled Argentinian Jean Maggi set out to fulfilling his dream of reaching highest point on the planet accessible with Jean’s adapted bicycle.
Jean Maggi is on Instagram as @jeanmaggiok and is followed by around 25K people.