Gideon Stryom

On 13 December 2014 Alwyn Uys had an accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. Born to become a Springbok rugby player Alwyn was now stuck to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. But he was never going to let that stop him from sitting still. In 2019 he became the first South African paraplegic athlete to complete an Ironman in under 7-hours and on the 13 December 2020 he will become the first paraplegic to ever swim from Robben Island to Eden on the Bay (Western Cape, South Africa). This documentary tells the story of how Alwyn over the odds to become an inspiration to thousands.