He sport does not understand barriers or limitations And if he has taught us thousands of examples throughout history, the latest comes in paddle tennis and is no less overwhelming for that reason. The first padel player without arms.
Bautista Palacios He is a young athlete Argentinean from General Roca, Río Negro (in the north of Argentine Patagonia) that He has not hesitated to jump onto the paddle tennis court to show his skills within the 20×10. Until then, everything is normal. Or normative, rather. But his is not just another case of reconversion or love for paddle tennis.
Because Bautista He was born with Bilateral Phocomelia, a congenital malformation in which both sides of the body incompletely develop limbs and instead of fully formed limbs, shortened limbs appear or even joined to the trunk. An anomaly that It affects fewer than 20 people per million births.
A condition that has not prevented this young Argentine from developing a life without complexes and that, with humor and pedagogy, he shows through his social networks where he tries to make his case visible under the motto “Dreams are not grasped with your hands” con everyday topics, from his life as an athlete on the track or creating content.
AND In his latest video uploaded to social networks ‘Bauti’ challenges Agustín Tapia himself. Yes, number one in the world. With a humorous and casual tone, it shows “How does a guy without arms play paddle tennis?” playing a game with friends. And, by the way, he doesn’t do it badly at all.
An example of improvement and vitality that accumulates hundreds of comments on social networks and that has caught the attention even of The Mozart who has not hesitated to share and react to his story with a “How big”It shows that sport does not understand condition and can be an engine of change and unity.
