Английская Википедия:Craig Challen
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Infobox medical person Craig Challen, SC Шаблон:Postnominals is an Australian technical diver and cave explorer who played a substantial role in the Tham Luang cave rescue. He was the recipient of the Oztek 2009 Diver of the Year award for his services to caving,[1][2] and was joint winner of the 2019 Australian of the Year.[3]
He grew up in the Perth suburb of Thornlie and later on a Шаблон:Convert farming property in Gidgegannup; he attended Eastern Hills Senior High School in Mount Helena, near Gidgegannup.[4][5] A veterinary surgeon by profession, Challen has made notable dives in Cocklebiddy Cave and Pearse Resurgence.[6] In 2010 he made a record-setting Шаблон:Convert dive while caving in New Zealand.[7] In 2020 he made a second record-setting return visit to the Pearse Resurgence (New Zealand) and extended the Australasian depth record to Шаблон:Convert with his dive partner Richard Harris.[8]
Career
In 2018 Challen, along with his dive partner Richard Harris, was involved in a cave rescue operation in Thailand to evacuate 12 children and an adult from the flooded Tham Luang Cave system.[9] On 24 July 2018, Challen was awarded the Star of Courage (SC) and Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) by the Governor-General of Australia for his role in the rescue.[10] On 7 September 2018 the King of Thailand appointed Challen as a Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Admirable Order of the Direkgunabhorn.[11][12]
Awards
He is the joint-winner of the 2019 Australian of the Year award with fellow diver Richard Harris,[13] and 2019 Western Australian of the Year.[3]
See also
- Шаблон:Annotated link, on Challen's line in Cocklebiddy Cave
Notes
References
External links
- National Geographic, "Record Cave Dive Leaves Mystery", published 3 May 2011.
- Wet Mules homepage Шаблон:Webarchive.
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