Deji Tobais

Raised in Luton, Tobais lost his hearing in his left ear as a result of childhood meningitis.

He was a fast football player at primary school and his father took him to an athletics club at age ten, where his speed gave him an advantage.

[1] At Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow Athletic Club, he began to focus on short sprinting and by 2006 he won the under-15 category at the AAA nationals in 100 m and 60 metres indoors.

[2] Tobais earned his first international selection at the 2008 Commonwealth Youth Games, coming fourth in the 100 m final.

[2] The following year he ran in the heats for the 4 × 100 metres relay team, where Andrew Robertson, Kieran Showler-Davis, Richard Kilty and Danny Talbot took the silver in the final.