2008 Paralympian gold medalist, Tom Aggar, has been nominated for the 2009 World Rowing Adaptive Crew of the Year. 

The news marks the 1000 days countdown (from 3 December) to the next Paralympics in 2012 held in London. With this in mind, there is still time to become a Paralympic Gold medalist in front of a home crowd in 2012.

Athletes with an impairment have never had a better chance to put themselves forward for a once in a lifetime opportunity to enter the Olympic Stadium at Stratford as part of the ParalympicsGB team. Talent 2012: Paralympic Potential is a nationwide talent search being run by UK Sport, EIS and the British Paralympic Association. A campaign of this size so close to a Games is unprecedented and whilst it can take athletes up to eight years to reach an Olympics, research has shown that potential participants for a Paralympic Games can be ready to compete at an elite level much sooner.

Dave Smith, who only began training as a rower 12 months ago and who is hoping to compete in London in 2012, said: “Just a year ago I was competing in Bobsleigh. The switch to Paralympic rowing was a challenge for me, and I’m improving all the time. I was delighted to become a world champion in my first season and am completely focused on achieving success in 2012.

Read the full report on the Paralympics GB website.