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The Girl Who Touched The Stars
By (Author) Bonnie Hancock
ABC Books
ABC Books
31st January 2024
Australia
General
Non Fiction
True stories of heroism, endurance and survival
Autobiography: sport
Canoeing and kayaking
Coping with / advice about loneliness / solitude
Paperback
336
Width 153mm, Height 235mm, Spine 26mm
443g
Bonnie Hancock is an accredited practising dietitian with a passion for working alongside clients to look at holistic factors to achieve their best health. A professional ironwoman at just seventeen, Bonnie Hancock has competed in 9 Nutri-Grain Ironwoman Series, represented Australia, completed a Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics and has now shifted her focus to surf ski paddling, coaching and mentoring. In 2022 she completed a gruelling 12,700-kilometre journey around Australia solo in a surf ski, becoming the fastest ever paddler to circumnavigate the continent, the first Australian woman to circumnavigate the continent by paddle, and the youngest person to do so, and achieved a new world record for the longest 24-hour paddle, covering a distance of 213 kilometres. Bonnie is currently an ambassador for Gotch4Life and a speaker on leadership and mental health.