Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Canoe Sprint - Men's C1 1000m - Medal Ceremony - Sea Forest Waterway, Tokyo, Japan – August 7, 2021. Gold medallist Isaquias Queiroz Dos Santos of Brazil celebrates on the podium REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
TOKYO (Reuters) - Few athletes in Tokyo will have had as tough a childhood as Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos but the Brazilian said his positive approach to life was key in overcoming the setbacks and had helped him win a canoe sprint gold medal on Saturday.
At the age of three, Queiroz dos Santos spent more than a month recovering in hospital after a pot of boiling water fell on him leaving significant burns on his body, according to his bio on the International Canoe Federation website.
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