Racing legend Michael Schumacher suffered a severe head injury while skiing at the exclusive Meribel resort in the French Alps on December 29, 2013.
The record-breaking Formula One driver, who won the world championship seven times, fell and hit his head on a rock while out skiing with his 14-year-old son.
Despite wearing a helmet, the sporting legend suffered a traumatic brain injury that left him in a coma.
Speaking at the time of the horrific crash, doctors said if he had not been wearing head protection he would have certainly died.
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Doctors described Schumacher’s condition as “extremely serious” after his admission to Grenoble Hospital following the crash.
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He was put into a medically induced coma and underwent two life-saving operations at the hospital.
But official updates from the Schumacher family have been few and far between since the accident.
In April 2014, it is thought Schumacher was withdrawn from the coma before he was moved to another hospital in Lausanne, Switzerland.
He was later brought home in September 2014 but no major updates were given until April 2015, when it was announced Schumacher had shown “moments of consciousness and awakening”.
Three months later a statement was released confirming that the F1 champion was no longer in a coma.
Schumacher continues his rehabilitation from his home on the shores of Lake Geneva, but his family are reluctant to release additional information on his condition.
Last year, his wife Corinna Betsch told the press: “The decision to protect his privacy from the public has been taken in Michael’s interest.
“We have made it very clear that something serious has happened.”
Wife Corinna, 47, son Mick, 19, and daughter Gina-Maria, 21, rarely discuss his condition in the years since the tragedy.
But manager Sabine Kehm said they were grateful for all the support.
She said: “What can be said is that the family really appreciates the empathy of the fans.
“The people really do see and understand (his health situation) is not to be shared in the public eye.”
But fans – and his friends and former colleagues – remain hopeful the sporting hero will make a full recovery.
Michael Schumacher’s former boss has said he hopes the F1 hero “will soon be among us again”.
Luca di Montezemolo told Courier Dello Sport: “As I know his strength, I dream that he will soon be among us again.”
Schumacher continues his rehabilitation from his home on the shores of Lake Geneva, but his family are reluctant to release additional information on his condition.
His agent Sabine Kehm said in December 2016: “Michael’s health is not a public issue, and so we will continue to make no comment in that regard.”
Earlier this year German magazine Bunte was forced to pay Schumacher €50,000 after a December 2015 article falsely claimed he could “walk again”.