[3] Initially he joined the basketball team, but after five months one of the trainers advised him to diversify into other sports to reach his full potential.

[3] He became classified as a T33 classification athlete and in 2009 he entered his first track and field competition, held in the United Arab Emirates.

Despite setting a championship record in all three races, Almutairi failed to finish on the podium, being beaten in each event by the less disadvantaged T34 competitors.

[3] This situation repeated itself throughout Almutairi's early career, and it was not until 2015 that he was able to compete on a level playing field at a major international event.

[1] Throughout 2015 Almutairi continued to improve his times, and set a new world record for the 200m at an IPC Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland.