Ibrahim Hamadou, an Egyptian Tennis Player has melted the hearts of many as he uses his leg to flick the ball up for serving and mouth to produce jaw-dropping shots during the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics games.
Although losing to South Korea's Park Hongkyu and China's Chen Chao in the men's singles contest at the Tokyo Paralympics, the significance of his participation goes well beyond the results.
After losing both of his arms in a train accident at the age of 10 back in 1983, Hamadtou embarked on an inspirational table tennis career after being stirred up by a negative comment from a friend.
"I was in the club where I was officiating a match between two of my friends. They disagreed on a point, and when I counted the point in favour of one of them, the other player told me not to interfere as you would never be able to play," Hamadtou said in an interview with the International Table Tennis Federation's website last year.
"It was that statement that fired me up to decide to play table tennis," he concluded.
Apart from also participating in the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games, Ibrahim has an appreciation award to his name under the 6th edition of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Creative Sports Award for the category of athletes who have achieved success in sports despite facing major humanitarian challenges.