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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)