Raymond Zahab | |
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![]() Zahab speaking at TED in 2009. Photograph by Bill Holsinger-Robinson. | |
Born | 1968or1969(age 55–56) [1] |
Nationality | Canadian |
Known for | long-distance runner, public speaker |
Raymond Zahab, MSC (born in 1969) [1] is a Canadian long-distance runner and public speaker. He has run in long-distance running adventures in several countries, including the South Pole, Siberia, and the Atacama Desert in Chile. [2] [3] He crossed the Sahara with Charlie Engle, (USA) and Kevin Lin (Taiwan). [4] [5]
Zahab starred in the 2007 documentary film "Running the Sahara" narrated and produced by Matt Damon and directed by Oscar-winner James Moll, which follows three men as they run across the Sahara Desert, a journey of 111 days and more than 4,300 miles of challenging terrain. [6]
Zahab is also the author of the autobiography Running for My Life: On the Extreme Road with Adventure Runner Ray Zahab ( ISBN 978-1-897178-44-7), [7] and co-author with Steve Pitt of Running to Extremes: Ray Zahab's Amazing Ultra marathon Journey ( ISBN 978-0143179672). [8] and co author with Eric Walters of Just Deserts.
In 2015, he was awarded the Meritorious Service Cross. [9]
Ray Zahab ... 44-year-old athlete from Chelsea, Que.