Abdul Latif Romly first para-athlete to be named Best Sportsman of the Year

KUALA LUMPUR: Abdul Latif Romly created history as the first para-athlete to be named Best Sportsman of the Year (2016).

The 20-year-old Abdul Latif won the prestigious award largely to his record-breaking feats in the T20 (learning disability) men’s long jump at the Rio Paralympics in August last year.