Jayant Mistry
Jayant Mistry is a retired British wheelchair tennis player of Indian descent who competed in international level events. He is a former British no.1 player in the singles and a former World no. 2 in the men's doubles. He competed at four Paralympic Games and was a semifinalist in the Wheelchair tennis at the [2000 Summer Paralympics – Men's doubles|men's doubles] at the 2000 [Summer Paralympics].
He was the first British player to win the wheelchair men's doubles title at the 2005 [Wimbledon Championships] alongside Michaël Jeremiasz and the first British man to win a men's title at the Wimbledon Championships since Fred Perry in 1936, they were runner-ups at the 2006 Wimbledon Championships a year later.
Mistry was born with spina bifida and his left leg shorter than his right. He had his right foot amputated aged twelve and has a prosthetic.