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Meet the shoe shine boy with no leg who won World 100m race

Ralphael Botsyo   World 100m Race.jpeg Ralphael Botsyo - World 100m race

Sun, 26 May 2019 Source: ghsplash.com

A Ghanaian physically challenged man has proven that disability is not inability.

Ralphael Botsyo, born with no legs grew up to be a shoe shine boy in Sunyani, with a self-made wheelchair.

His passion for sports made him relocate to Accra when he got to know that there was a sports for disabled people.

Few years after joining the disabled sports in Accra, Ralphael defied all and rose from glory to glory.

He’s been a National Wheelchair Racing Champion, All African Games Champion, Commonwealth Games Champion and a multiple Olympian.

He had added another feat to the already tall list of his by winning the T54 World Wheelchair 100m race in Arizona, USA on Friday, 24th May 2019.

Source: ghsplash.com