Rio Paralympics 2016: 5 biggest athletes to watch out for

#4 Sherif Othman (Egypt)

Sherif Othman has won two consecutive gold medals at the Paralympic Games

Egypt’s Sherif Othman is not the man you would like to mess with. The athlete was into shotput in the initial stages of his career but then shifted onto powerlifting at the age of 25. The Egyptian participated at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics in the men's 56kg category where he managed to win the gold medal, as he broke the world record three times in acclaiming the victory.

Othman also went on to win the gold at the 2010 IPC Powerlifting World Championship where he broke his own record again as he lifted a weight of 205 kgs. The 33-year-old defended his title at the London 2012 Paralympics.

The Egyptian has since shifted onto the 59kg category and will be competing to win a third straight gold medal at Rio 2016. But things will not be easy for the powerlifter as Great Britain's world champion Ali Jawad will be the favourite to win the gold in Rio in this category.