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Paralympic gold medallist Heath Davidson has one of the most remarkable comeback stories in Australian sport. After abandoning wheelchair tennis for 11 years, he returned to the court at the age of 28 and won gold at the Rio Paralympics just 11 months later. “I started hitting tennis balls again in November of 2015,” the Frankston-based athlete says. “…and if you fast forward 11 months, I won a gold medal with Dylan Alcott in 2016.” Heath and his long-time friend Dylan Alcott defeated the three-time reigning champions from the United States to claim Australia’s first gold medal in quad doubles…