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Ali Jawad is a British Paralympic powerlifter competing in the -59 kg class. Born without legs he took up powerlifting at the age of 16.
When he competed in the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, he had a heart breaking time to finishing fourth.
This is what the Independent Newpaper wrote..
"Weightlifter Ali Jawad ready to turn Paralympic 'heartbreak' into world championship triumph Few elite athletes have a story more remarkable than the 24-year-old Lebanese-born lifter, whose journey to become one of Great Britain’s top Paralympians.After breaking the European record in front a wild crowd at the ExCel centre, Jawad needed a final 189kg lift for a medal. To lift at maximum energy twice in 10 minutes is nigh-on impossible, and Jawad did not make the re-lift.
“I was heart-broken, in tears, I felt robbed. More painful is that I lost bronze as I was heavier than the Chinese lifter despite us lifting the same weight,” he recalls.
However, all roads lead to Rio 2016, which offer the opportunity to banish Jawad's Paralympic hoodoo forever. There is certainly no shortage of optimism from the Londoner.
A Rio 2016 gold medal is the end goal in this Paralympic cycle. "