Darek Fidyka

Darek Fidyka
Born
Dariusz Fidyka

c. 1974
NationalityPolish
OccupationVolunteer firefighter
Known forFirst person to fully recover from paraplegia

Dariusz "Darek" Fidyka (born c. 1974) is a Polish firefighter and recovering paraplegic who became the first person in history to verifiably recover sensory and motor function after the complete severing of his spinal cord.

Having been paralysed from the chest down in a knife attack in 2010, Fidyka regained the ability to walk in 2014 after receiving a pioneering regenerative treatment from a British-advised Polish surgical team.

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