Alex Bellini is an Italian adventurer known for his record-breaking solo ocean rowing expeditions and ultra-marathons. Some of his accomplishments include being the first person to row solo across the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean, and setting the record for the longest successful Pacific Ocean rowing crossing. He gives motivational speeches about developing visions and persevering through challenges by embracing an "adventure attitude." Bellini emphasizes qualities like flexibility, hope, and resilience that help people adapt and survive crises.

1.
who
is Alex Bellini
Chi
“We are what we
give to the world:
meanings, values, joy
of living.”
Pacific
2008
Alex was born in a small mountain village in the Northern part of Italy, in
1978. In 1999 he is selected to participate to the final tests for the 2000 Alex marks a new record for the longest
successful crossing of the Pacific ocean
edition of the Camel Trophy.
with a rowing boat.
In 2000 he runs his only marathon, in New York, and in 2001 he
participates in the Marathon des Sables, 260 km in the Moroccan
desert.
In 2002 he participates to the Alaska Ultrasport, a running competition
of more than 600 km in Alaska, dragging a survival sledge.
In 2003 he participates, once again, to the Alaska Ultrasport, running
1400 km in 27 days.
After two failed attempts, in 2005 Alex becomes the first man to even
cross the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean alone on a rowing
boat, reaching Fortaleza (Brazil) after 226 and 11,000 km.
On 21st February 2008, on the same rowing boat, Alex leaves Peru to
reach Australia. He finishes the crossing of the Pacific Ocean on 13th
December 2008 after a voyage of 18,000 km and 294 days in the open
sea, alone. With this accomplishment, Alex goes down in navigation
history and marks a new record for the longest successful crossing of
LA-NY Foot race
2011
the oceans with a rowing boat.
Footrace
700 hours of running, 120 marathons
In 2011, with the aim of linking the two oceans by land, Alex runs from in 70 days and more than 5,200 km.
Los Angeles to New York. 700 hours of running, 120 marathons in 70
days and more than 5,200 km without a single day off the road.
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2. Presentation
of
keynote
engagements
and
workshop
“Adventure is an
attitude through wich
you can face your
daily challenges.”
“What I do is not, by itself, useful or
even necessary for a specific cause.
But I found a meaning for it and this is enough for me. We are what we give
ADVENTURE: to the world: a meaning, values and the joy of living.” This is how Alex
answers, when people ask him the reason for his adventures. “I want to
9 factors making up a capture the meaning of existence inside myself”.
powerful acronym:
Adventure is not hanging from a mountain wall on a rope or running under
extreme conditions until your mind and your body are exhausted.
Achievements Adventure is an attitude we need to adopt every day in our lives to face
Dreaming new challenges, find opportunities, test our resources against the unknown
Value/vision and find out what our unique potential really is.
Excelling During these years of rapid change, the metaphor of adventure is a perfect
Never quit tool to develop the strategy that will help us face this challenge. Adventure
Teamwork/trust is, by definition, any action of man with an unknown result. For this reason,
it involves everything we cannot immediately touch or know. To better
Understanding define the meaning of “adventure attitude” Alex uses the acronym
Risk-taking A.D.V.E.N.T.U.R.E.
Enthusiasm In 2004, in the attempt to cross the Atlantic Ocean, Alex Bellini was
shipwrecked. This event led him delve more deeply into the features of the
survivors of a wreck, those adapt to change in an excellent way.
Fear generates more fear. This is why Alex says “jump on your fears and
make them you friends.” When you tread on unknown territory and you do
SURVIVOR: not give up to the temptation to go back, in that exact moment, you are
creating your own destiny.
The 5 neccessary features To be successful in these very uncertain years, we need to learn to
for the art of surviving a embrace change, become visionaries and adventurers, whatever our
crisis: challenges are.
-­‐ Flexibility
-­‐ Ability to control
-­‐ Tolerance to frustration
-­‐ Ability to hope
-­‐ Cognitive restructuring
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3.
“Success comes when you
have the ability to develop
strong visions and stick to
them.”
In his speeches, Alex talks about himself, what led him to follow his
passion for adventure, the essential role of the family, love and passion for I am not alone in my
everything he does, the fears that follow him in each of his adventures and adventures. I am like the tip of
which he calls “life savers”, motivation and self-motivation, goal setting, an iceberg: I stay afloat thanks
planning, sacrifice and perseverance as the only way to make our dreams to a team that supports all my
come true. actions.
The difference between a
Alex talks about leadership, responsibility, the importance of a good
group of people and a team is
communication with your team and an effective vision, the courage to give
that the former lacks a
up something and the positive side of failures.
common vision and trust
among its members.
Talking with enthusiasm, honesty and passion, he has already inspired
more than 50,000 people that met him in the past few years.
Communication with your team,
in an extreme challenge, makes
the difference between life and
death.
Alex Bellini gives speeches in Italian and in English and his presentations are supported with high-quality videos
and pictures.
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4.
Notes
and
contacts
“In life you win, or you
learn.”
Books
Alex Bellini wrote two books published by Longanesi. The first
“Mi chiamavano montanaro” (They called me mountain boy)
published in 2007, won the “Sea literature award in San Felice
Circeo 2008”. The second book “Il Pacifico a remi”, published
in 2010, won the Amaca award.
Documentary
In his first documentary, “ONDE” (waves), Alex talks about the
evolution of the life of a guy that chose adventure as a means
to explore his inner self. Published in 2011.
Some of the companies with which Alex worked in the past few years:
Findomestic Banca, Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Cerved Group, Pfizer, Jhonson&Jhonson, Just, Fiat Group, Jeep,
Mercedes Benz Italia, Gruppo Giovani Industriali Confindustria, Gardaland, Poste Italiane, Italian Leadership Event,
HRD di Roberto Re, Max Formisano TCC.
The press talks about Alex:
Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, La Stampa, Master Meeting, Gazzetta dello Sport, Runner’s World, GQ,
Millionaire, Sky, Rai and Mediaset broadcaster.
For any contact, conferences, presentations and participation
in events please contact:
MANAGER and PROJECT COORDINATOR
Francesca Urso
Mobile +39.335.1295917
E-mail comunicazione@alexbellini.it
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