Omar Hegazy lost his left leg in 2015 but didn't let it deter him from making swimming history.  The 31-year-old Egyptian swimmer eclipsed two Guinness World Records last week, including the record for longest distance swimming underwater with one breath (185 feet, 4 inches) and longest distance swimming underwater with one breath with fins (251 feet, 7.68 inches).  Hegazy had his left leg amputated when he was 25 following a serious motorcycle accident where he was run over by a truck, according to Guinness. Hegazy said he found inspiration from fellow amputee athletes, including Al Mosawi, a Kuwaiti wheelchairer who broke the record for the fastest 10-kilometer scuba dive. Omar Hegazy lost his left leg but continues to defy odds by breaking world records in the pool. "My mental health was collapsing dramatically and I started to have an identity crisis," he told Guinness. "I didn’t know what I was capable of." Hegazy moonlights as a motivational speaker to highlight how his disability hasn't hindered his achievements. In his athletic career, Hegazy has swam across the Gulf of Aqaba in 2017 and completed a 700-kilometer cycling challenge, per his website. Read more about @hegazyhimself by tapping through our link in bio. "My source of motivation in the beginning was that I do not have much left to lose,” Hegazy told Guinness World Records in a statement. “I only got into swimming because I was a very angry. I found a way to I let out my anger and frustration, but it was also where I felt really free and capable.”