Paul de Gelder Shares Reflections on Life After Grisly Shark Attack

Published on May 26, 2024

Paul de Gelder, a former diver in the Australian Navy, came face to face with death in February 2009. During a routine counter-terrorism training exercise, conducted near Garden Island in Australia’s Sydney Harbour, the then 31-year-old was ravaged by a nine-foot bull shark, resulting in the loss of his right leg and part of his right arm. Mr. de Gelder subsequently embarked on a grueling months-long recovery process and was fitted with a prosthetic hand and leg—a riveting journey he documented in his 2011 memoir “No Time for Fear: How a Shark Attack Survivor Beat the Odds.” After leaving the Navy the following year, Mr. de Gelder went on to become an accomplished motivational speaker, youth mentor, actor, and television personality, regularly starring on the Discovery Channel’s “Shark Week” programming....

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