British sports fans have always loved an underdog, to root for a David when they're faced with a Goliath.
Underdogs are athletes who have pushed down barriers, who achieved things they typically were not meant to achieve.
As part of a new BBC Sounds podcast series, Sport's Greatest Underdogs, the BBC tells the story of five of Britain's best and how they managed to achieve sporting success against all the odds.
Read their stories and vote for who you think is the best sporting underdog in our poll below.
In 2015, Nicolas Hamilton became the first disabled racing driver in the British Touring Cars series.