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Deborah Anne De Williams (born 10 September 1969) is an Australian, world record holding ultra-marathon athlete, motivational speaker, philanthropist, is the first woman to run around Australia, is the founding director of the charity Running Pink, and a passionate breast cancer campaigner. ==Biography== Deborah De Williams was born in Perth, Western Australia, the only daughter of immigrant parents Karin Haufe (born in Germany) and Terry Cook (born in Estonia). In 1973 De Williams' parents moved the family to Adelaide, South Australia. During the same year her parents separated which resulted in a divorce in 1974. De Williams' mother remarried Owen Drogemuller in 1976 and De Williams and her older brother Adam changed their surname by Deed Poll to Drogemuller. De Williams was interested in sport from an early age, and dreamed of becoming an Olympic basketball player. During her school years she played competition basketball at school (Nailsworth PS), district (Port Adelaide), and state (South Australia) levels. Unfortunately, De Williams fell during a competition game at age 12, resulting in a serious knee injury that ended her Olympic basketball dreams. After the accident De Williams became interested in long distance walking and running. In 1997, De Williams graduated from Monash University, with an Honours Degree, Bachelor of Arts (Fine Arts) from the Faculty of Art & Design. In the same year she married artist, Glyn Martin Williams (separating in 2012) and changed her surname to De Williams. De Williams is now in a relationship with Mark Dabner. De Williams' volunteer community activities have included being a Lifeline counsellor, holding positions on various art gallery committees and raising funds for charity by participating in over one hundred marathons, half marathons and fun runs. In 2001, De Williams participated in her first ultra marathon and started planning her first ultra marathon charity adventure. During De Williams’s athletic career she has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for charities in Australia through various long distance walking and running events. In Oct 2004, Deborah became the first female to walk around Australia raising funds for Kids Helpline and broke Nobby Young’s record for the longest continuous walk, walking 16,825 km in 365 days. In March 2006, the same day De Williams ran in the Commonwealth Games Queen Baton Relay in Melbourne she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After treatment De Williams founded the charity Running Pink and embarked on another circumnavigation of Australia on foot, this time to raise funds for the National Breast Cancer Foundation. In May 2011, De Williams became the first female to run continuously around Australia. She broke Sarah Fulcher's record for the longest continuous run by a female, running 18026.4 km in 408 days. De Williams is the only person who has both run and walked around Australia In Nov 2010, De Williams was awarded Tasmanian Australian of the Year 2010 by the National Australia Day Council for her athletic achievements and fundraising efforts. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Deborah De Williams」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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