Adonis Lattimore is the Virginia Magnificence 6, 106-pound highschool wrestling champion.
The Landstown Prime College (Virginia Seashore, Va.) senior has no proper leg, a partial left leg and his proper hand most effective has one finger, in step with the Charlotte Observer. He impressed the group through capping his superb season on the most sensible of the rostrum with a 5-1 victory on Saturday, completing his senior season with a 32-7 file.
“I’ve been dreaming of this since I knew what it was once, and to in spite of everything have it occur is simply — I don’t understand how to provide an explanation for it,” Lattimore mentioned to the Virginian-Pilot. “Truly should you paintings exhausting, you’ll be able to do the rest — even win a state championship with out legs.”
Lattimore had luck as a freshman, attaining the area qualifier, however didn’t qualify for the match in his sophomore yr. The wrestling season ultimate yr was once canceled because of COVID-19.
As a senior, he has became dominant, getting into the postseason ranked moment in Hampton Roads. He was once a runner-up within the Area A match ultimate week however gained 7-0 and 12-1 choices to get to the state semifinals, in step with the Virginian-Pilot.
It’s been a protracted street since Lattimore began wrestling as a second-grader. In January, he advised 3WKTR that he after a protracted hunch he hit his stride in heart college and saved his efficiency sturdy in highschool. Now, Lattimore on the most sensible.
