For Andrei, "achieving a goal is a combination of small efforts, repeated each day. And the recipe is simpler than it seems: Dream - Plan - Action. Followed in this order, you have the guarantee that you will succeed to reach your goals. You have to want to, before you could obtain it."

Andrei Rosu is father of two children, endurance athlete, national and world record holder, supporter of various social projects, and the list could continue. In the 90s, Andrei began his careers as part of “Gaz pe foc” Band, but gave up music for a career in finance. A bigger change came in 2010 when he discovered running. Far from being an athlete, Andrei chose as his first great challenge to take a marathon at the North Pole. This was followed by other seven marathons and seven ultra- marathons on seven continents, record which has been awarded with a place in the Wolrd Guinness Book of Records. Then, still looking for new challenges, he discovered cycling and swimming and began to participate in ultra-triathlons. In July 2015, he has undergone a route from London to Paris, consisting of 140 km of running, about 50 km of swiming and another 300 km of biking, becoming therefore the first Romanian to swim the English Channel (in 20h and 44min).

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