Idi Amin challenged my father to a wrestling match – then chickened out

Uganda has never acknowledged the sporting legacy of athlete Sunlight' Okiror. Almost 30 years after his death, his son hopes this might change

My father, Samson Sunlight" Okiror, lived an extraordinary life. He was a soldier, a rebel and one of Uganda's most famous sportsmen.

A wrestler and heavyweight lifter, he could lift a car off the ground. He could tie a rope to a Land Rover and stop it from moving when the engine was turned on. He could stretch steel chains and springs. He travelled across east Africa and to Europe to train and perform.