Brandur Bjarnason Karlsson
Born on 1 Jan 1982 in Iceland, Brandur Bjarnason Karlsson as a young adult studied biology and physics at the University of Iceland, trained in judo, played basketball, and worked as a warden in the remote highlands of Iceland. In 2008, at the age of 26, Brandur contracted a brainstem lesion through an unexplained infection, rendering him a quadriplegic.