Abel Mansillaamateur athlete dedicated to personal training in Body&Mindthe center that he directs in Sanlúcar de Barramedahas become in recent years a true 'devouring' challenges. Throughout his life he has performed numerous sports tests giving free rein to what was his hobby and his greatest passion, sport, but for five years, by the hand of the group Infinite footprintscarries out extreme challenges in collaboration with the Spanish Association Against Cancerfor beneficial purposes, with the aim of raising funds in the fight against this hard disease that lived very closely with the death of a person very close to his family.
Extreme solidarity challenges of Abel Mansilla
His adventure started in 2021 with the challenge of spending 24 hours uninterrupted walking through the city of Sanlúcar de Barramedatouring a total of 118 kilometers and achieving a solidarity collection of 3,500 euros. A success that led him to repeat the following year and to end by continuing over time. Thus, in 2022, one of the hardest challenges of his career, crossed the island of Fuerteventura From end to end without stopping, walking 24 hours a total of 105 kilometers with an adverse weather and managing to raise 9,000 euros.
In 2023 he beat his own record raising the highest building in his city, the Hotel Guadalquivir (60 meters), with a total of 47 ups and downs to travel 10 kilometers vertically and 17,860 steps; And that same year, another exciting adventure also carried out a circular route through the white peoples of Cádizwalking 24 hours in a row on roads of the mountain range and crossing El Bosque, Grazalema, Benaocaz, Benamahoma, Villaluenga del Rosario and Ubrique To raise around 3,000 euros.
Last challenge of Abel Mansilla in the chipiona lighthouse
A year ago, Abel He lived another of those challenges full of demand that, in addition to brutal physical wear, suppose a real test of mental level. He managed to spend 12 hours without rest up and down the Chipiona lighthouse, the highest of Spacemanaging to raise 3,300 euros for the AECC. And while distributing his time between his work, his family, his training and the book he is writing to tell in detail all the ins and outs of this adventure in which he has almost an immersed five years, he prepares for what will be his next challenge, on October 17.
That Friday, at 1:00 p.m., he will try to beat his own record going up and down stairs of the Hotel Guadalquivir of Sanlúcar de Barrameda (of 13 floors) for 24 hours in a row without rest. For a passionate about sport, whose personal motto is “Own overcoming”, it will undoubtedly be a very special moment in which he hopes to live up and, above all, and most importantly, continue to contribute to his way in such a noble cause as the fight against cancer. An exciting challenge that does not prevent Abel Think even further … in your head is the idea of traveling walking and running the seven Arab Emirates in six days, in 2026. And look for new challenges in Africa. Mansillaan athlete with the flag resistance that delivers its effort in a tireless way to do good in society. An example.
