Original version

BBC World Service Online

Migrated podcast image for: Outlook

Outlook

Factual: Life Stories

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives

True stories of ordinary people and the extraordinary events that have shaped their lives.

Outlook: 06/08/2012

06/08/2012

BBC World Service - Outlook, 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)

Accessibility links

Programme Index

Outlook

06/08/2012

Genres

Brand

BBC World Service Online

About BBC World Service