Kevin Lin (林義傑, November 19, 1976) is a Taiwanese
ultramarathon
An ultramarathon, also called ultra distance or ultra running, is any footrace longer than the traditional marathon length of . Various distances are raced competitively, from the shortest common ultramarathon of to over . 50k and 100k are bot ...
runner from
Taipei.
Background
Based in
Taipei, Lin is one of the best known endurance athletes in
Asia. Lin, together with Charlie Engle and
Ray Zahab, became the first modern runner to cross the
Sahara
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Desert on February 21, 2007.
He had agreed to work with the H2O Africa project and be part of the first team of runners to cross the Sahara from coast to coast. The expedition was filmed and edited into a documentary,
Running the Sahara
''Running the Sahara'' is a 2007 documentary feature film that chronicles Ray Zahab, Charlie Engle, and Kevin Lin's attempt to run across the entire Sahara Desert. They traveled a total of 6920 kilometers, reaching the Red Sea on February 20, 2 ...
, narrated by
Matt Damon and released in November 2007 with the logistics support of Sam Rutherford.
The Running the Sahara project began in
Senegal and went through
Mauritania
Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...
,
Mali,
Niger, and
Libya before culminating in
Egypt.
A full-time graduate student, he won his first ever 150-mile (241-kilometer) race across the
Atacama Desert in
Chile in 2004.
In September 2011 he completed an unprecedented 10,000-kilometer run of the
Silk Road
The Silk Road () was a network of Eurasian trade routes active from the second century BCE until the mid-15th century. Spanning over 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles), it played a central role in facilitating economic, cultural, political, and reli ...
.
In 2016, he executive produced the sports film ''
10,000 Miles
''10,000 Miles'' is a 2016 Taiwanese sports drama film directed by Simon Hung and starring Sean Huang, Megan Lai, and Darren Wang. The film is executive produced by Jay Chou and ultramarathon runner Kevin Lin.
Cast
* Sean Huang as Kevin Fang
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'' which stars
Sean Huang
Sean Huang (; born 19 June 1991) is a Taiwanese actor. The son of actor Michael Huang, Sean Huang made his film debut in 2010. He won the Golden Bell Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film
This is a list of winners and nominee ...
,
Megan Lai and
Darren Wang
Darren Wang Talu (; born May 29, 1991) is a Taiwanese actor. He is best known for his breakout role as Hsu Tai-yu in the coming-of-age film, '' Our Times''.
Career
Wang made his debut in the 2008 drama series ''Mysterious Incredible Terminator' ...
.
References
External links
Kevin Life 林義傑個人官方網站Audio Interview with Charlie Engle
Kevin's teammate speaks about th
''"Running the Sahara"''
expedition
1976 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Taipei
Taiwanese male long-distance runners
Taiwanese ultramarathon runners
Male ultramarathon runners
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