He was an Australian Navy clearance diver when he nearly died in a bullhead shark attack. This year, he taunts them on Discovery Channel with a series of stunts in his 10th year with the TV event.

It was another normal day on Sydney Harbour in 2009 when navy diver Paul de Gelder lost an arm, a leg – and very nearly his ...

De Gelder is a former Navy diver who survived a near-fatal undersea attack. He became a shark conservation advocate after ...

Paul de Gelder, who stars in the new Discovery Channel special "How to Survive a Shark Attack," shares tips on how to stay ...

De Gelder, a Shark Week veteran of over a decade, has built a career on surviving the unthinkable. While working as a Navy ...

Sydney Harbor Shark Invasion brings De Gelder back to the place where a 700-pound bull shark bit off his arm and leg during a 2009 military exercise. "That was a really emotional one for me," he said.

As an Australian Navy diver, Paul de Gelder is used to stressful situations, but five-and-a-half years ago, he faced one of his few fears right in the jaws. De Gelder was participating in a work ...

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The sharks and I have become quite good friends." As his website states, De Gelder left the Navy full-time in 2012, but trained Navy divers for another three years.

Ironically, de Gelder, 36, was able to channel his experience into an appreciation for the deadly predator. “The more you learn about sharks the more you want to spend time around them,” de ...

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De Gelder stands out in any Shark Week as the survivor of a horrific 2009 bull shark attack. He, a Navy diver, was in Sydney Harbor when he was bitten, lost his right hand and most of his right leg.