highestranking birth_place nationality medaltemplates sport residence article_title name
32 -lrb- 2006 -rrb- egypt egyptian men 's class 6 para table tennis para table tennis kafr saad , egypt ibrahim hamato
 ibrahim al husseini hamato
ibrahim hamato

ibrahim al husseini hamato , 41 , is an egyptian para table tennis champion , winning several honors over the years , including the silver medals in the african para table tennis championships in 2011 and 2013 .
hamato lost both his arms as the result of a train when he was 10 .
he in an interview with cnn said '' `` in our village , we could only play , at that time , table tennis and soccer that 's why i played both .
it was logic to play soccer first due to my case ; then i played table tennis as a challenge . '' ''
hamato has also won an appreciation award under 6th edition of the `` mohammed bin rashid al maktoum creative sports award '' for the category of `` athlete who achieved success in sports despite major humanitarian challenges -lrb- category of people with special needs -rrb- '' after earning second place and winning the silver medal during the african para table tennis championships in december 2013 .
