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Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
About Steve Fonyo
- Stephen Charles "Steve" Fonyo Jr.
- (born June 29, 1965 in Montreal) is a Canadian runner with an artificial leg who was a nationally renowned fundraiser for cancer research and treatment and a former Officer of the Order of Canada. Fonyo lost his left leg to cancer at age 12.
- He later embarked on a cross-Canada marathon entitled the "Journey for Lives" to raise funds for cancer research.
- In doing so, he followed in the footsteps of Terry Fox.
- Unlike Fox, who had to abandon the Marathon of Hope when his cancer returned, Fonyo completed the coast-to-coast marathon and also completed a marathon across the United Kingdom. Fonyo began his "Journey for Lives" marathon on March 31, 1984, at age 18, and completed it 425 days later on May 29, 1985, covering 7,924 km (4,924 mi) and raising $14 million (CDN).
- He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1985, the youngest person ever given that status at the time.
- This achievement was marred by grief, as his father Steve Fonyo Sr.
- died of lung cancer the same year. He studied mechanics and aircraft maintenance at an early age.
- He repeatedly ran afoul of the law, and was charged and convicted of various crimes.In February 2015, friends and family reported to news media that Fonyo was in an induced coma in Royal Columbian Hospital after being stabbed by three home invaders at his residence in Whalley, a neighbourhood of Surrey.
- The doctors placed Fonyo in a medically induced coma for a month after the attack.
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