Yahya is a two-time world record holder being the first fully blind person to run a marathon untethered and the quickest fully blind runner to run a half marathon untethered. Yahya lost his sight nearly five years ago and took up running after working on a project with British Blind Sport and RNIB to get blind and visually impaired people more physically active. Outside of running Yahya runs a counselling organisation that provides counselling and mental health support for those that can’t afford it. He also partakes in Ju-Jitsu. Alongside this he campaigns advocates for the Blind and Partially sighted community.