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Een enorme prestatie op zich, maar dit was slechts het eerste deel van zijn onwrikbare vastberadenheid om een professionele racecoureur te worden.<\/p>\n<p>Nicolas werd als kind verteld dat hij nooit zou kunnen lopen vanwege zijn cerebrale parese en dat hij zijn leven afhankelijk van een rolstoel zou doorbrengen. Niet iemand die zich laat vertellen wat hij niet kan, met vastberadenheid en zware training liep hij niet alleen zelfstandig, maar begon hij ook zijn droom te realiseren: een racecoureur worden.<\/p>\n<p>In een berucht competitieve en zware sport heeft Nicolas zich gevestigd als een potenti\u00eble toekomstige kampioen, een prestatie in elke context, maar nog meer voor iemand die als kind te horen kreeg dat hij nooit zou lopen. Naast het racen richt Nicolas zich op het delen van zijn inspirerende verhaal en zijn overtuiging dat je ambitie alleen beperkt wordt door je houding. Geleverd in zijn oprechte, nuchtere, vriendelijke manier, vertellen Nicolas\u2019 keynotes zijn persoonlijke verhaal van motivatie, het aangaan van uitdagingen en het overwinnen van tegenslagen, evenals de lessen in teamwork die zijn sport heeft bijgebracht.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nicolas Hamilton is een Britse racecoureur die momenteel deelneemt aan het British Touring Car Championship. Hij racet met een speciaal aangepaste auto vanwege zijn cerebrale parese. Nicolas is de vaderlijke halfbroer van zevenvoudig Formule 1-wereldkampioen Lewis Hamilton. Geboren met cerebrale parese, die de beweging van zijn beenspieren be\u00efnvloedt, was Nicolas aanvankelijk een rolstoelgebruiker. 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