Hard As Nails By Outsider.ie

In 2009, Kiko Matthews had a nearly fatal brain tumour, which resulted in Cushing's disease. She was treated at King's College Hospital, and had to undergo neurosurgery. In August 2017, she had another tumour, which occurred while she was training for the Atlantic crossing. On 22 March 2018, she became the fastest female to row the Atlantic, solo and unsupported. Here she tells her incredible story of illness, adventure and of the time she forced Boris Becker to feel her guns!