This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Giorgos is here to try our limits. He will share with us, and make our minds think it carefully, how we define our lives, especially when there is a tipping point that can change the perpsective and mentality that we used to have, into a new way of thinking, a new way of living.
Giorgos Lazaridis, born on the 16 of August 1973 at Kalamata, is an Paralympic athlete. A car accident left him disabled at the age of 20, early 1993. It was not before the 2004 Paralympics that motivated him to take up tennis professionally. Meeting with Giorgos Kontos, the federal coach and Mr. Vazouras, the representative of wheelchair tennis for Greece, further encouraged him to chase his dream on professional tennis. After years of training with various coaches, Giorgos entered his first professional tournament at Sunderland, Great Britain, on March of 2005. Subsequently, Giorgos competed in numerous tournaments of regional and worldwide caliber, his finest moment being the Beijing Paralympics on 2008. His proximate goal is to participate at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on 2016.
About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)
