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06/08/2012
"Sport is my saviour," Olympic medallist Fatima Whitbread on being abandoned as a child.
Extraordinary personal stories from around the world.
Today, British javelin champion Fatima Whitbread who was abandoned as a baby and grew up in care. She went on to win bronze and silver at the Olympics. Her book is called Survivor.
Also, 91-year-old Jewish sportswoman Agnes Keleti, who won 10 Olympic medals in gymnastics, five of them gold.
And Paralympian Lucas Sithole, who became a wheelchair tennis player after losing both his legs and an arm in a freak train accident more than a decade ago.
(Image: Fatima Whitbread of Great Britain during the women's javelin event at the Seoul Olympic Stadium in South Korea. Photo by Tony Duffy/Getty Images)
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