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A Dorking man with a pacemaker has completed a solo row across the Atlantic. 

Elliot Awin set off on the 3,000 mile World’s Toughest Row challenge from the Canary Islands on 13th December, and arrived at Antigua and Barbuda after 44 days at sea. 

Photo credit:  World’s Toughest Row X/Twitter @toughestrow

Mr Awin was diagnosed with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in 2015 and had the pacemaker fitted 5 years later.  He is the first person with a pacemaker to attempt the challenge. 

Mr Awin has raised more than £150,000 for the British Heart Foundation.  He has also set up his own charity called Wave Wrangler to support those living with arrhythmia.