THE AMAZING POSSIBILITIES OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT

Red Cross Ohrid

As part of the realization of the Ohrid Water Festival 2024, Red Cross Ohrid will organize a lot
an unusual event that will consist of:
- A presentation on the topic THE INCREDIBLE POSSIBILITIES OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT, which will be held in the premises of the Red Cross Ohrid on August 26, 2024. (Monday) starting at 7 p.m. On it, presenter Jane Petkov from Sandanski, Bulgaria will reveal interesting techniques for breathing and meditation before his performances. – On 27.08.2024 (Tuesday) the amphibian man, seventy-year-old Jane Petkov, in very complex conditions, tied with handcuffs, chains and padlocks, submerged on the bottom of Lake Ohrid, near the City Port in Ohrid, will try to free himself and come to the surface of water, following the example of the world-famous illusionist Harry Houdini. This will be the second event organized by Red Cross Ohrid with Jane Petkov. The first, sports-
a medical event for a Guinness record Red Cross Ohrid organizes on September 10, 2013, when Jane Petkov swims a distance of more than 2 km, on Lake Ohrid, from Orce Nikolov beach to the City Port in Ohrid, completely tied in a sack. Janko Petkov was born on August 6, 1954 in Sandanski, Pirin Macedonia. 1960s Wihren Swimming Club competitor. Winner of many medals from competitions in Bulgaria and Greece.
In the early 1990s, he set a unique record for swimming 2,100 meters underwater in just over an hour, catching his breath every time he touched the wall. Hence his name "Amphibian Man". He holds records for swimming the Danube river tied in a sack, breaking the record
of Indian Gopal-Karli in Lake Ohrid in 2017.

Red Cross Ohrid