Anna Ntenta is a Paralympic athlete, who has achieved to win the Bronze Medal in RIO 2016 Paralympic Games. She is a tetraplegic girl that decided in 2015 to engage in Boccia (paralympic sport for severe disabilities) and in only 2 years time she has win:
1 Gold medal at Boccia European Continental Cup 2015 in Barcelona.
1 Silver medal at Boccia World Open 2015 in Polonia.
1 Bronze medal at Boccia European Championship 2015 in London.
1 Bronze medal at Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
She is my hero because despite being in a wheelchair for 36 years, she never gave up and her brighten smile never left her face, giving strength to the people around her.
Boccia
Boccia can be played by individuals, pairs, or teams of three. All events are mixed gender. The aim of the game is to throw leather balls — coloured red or blue (which side uses which is determined by a coin toss) as close as they can to a white target ball, or jack. The jack is thrown first, then the first two regular balls are played (first, the player who threw the jack then the opposing side), after which the side furthest away from the jack goes next in an attempt to either get closer to the jack or knock the opposition's ball out of the way. In this fashion, each end will continue until one side has played all their balls, at which point, the opposing side will play their remaining balls. The balls can be moved with hands, feet, or, if the competitor's disability is severe, with an assistive device such as a ramp
BC3 Boccia category
Players in this class have very severe locomotor dysfunction in all four extremities. Players in this class have no sustained grasp or release action and although they may have arm movement, they have insufficient range of movement to propel a boccia ball onto the court. They may use an assistive device such as a ramp to deliver the ball. They may compete with an assistant; assistants must keep their back to the court and their eyes averted from play.