A GREENWICH wheelchair rugby player has been selected to represent his country at this summer’s Paralympic Games.
Andy Barrow is among 11 players who have been selected to compete for ParalympicsGB in wheelchair rugby, a Paralympic-specific sport known originally as murderball because it is an aggressive, full-contact sport.
He said: “I’m massively excited with the news, it’s a huge honour to represent ParalympicsGB.
“Living in Greenwich and being so close to the Olympic Park has allowed me to see all the preparations come together.
“It was amazing to be compete at the Test Event in London, so I think the London 2012 Paralympic Games will be the proudest moment of my career.
“I see London 2012 as a celebration, as I have been working my whole career for this.”
Barrow will join fellow Paralympians Ross Morrison and Jonny Coggan, who all competed at both the Athens and Beijing Games and are out to avenge two successive fourth-place finishes.
“We are definitely looking for a medal out of this Paralympic Games,” said GB wheelchair rugby chief executive David Pond.
“The team has finished agonisingly close at the last two Games, despite securing strong results including three successive European golds in 2003, 2005 and 2007.
“After Beijing we took some of our best young and promising talent out to the 2009 European championships where we finished fourth, and the 2010 world championships where we finished fifth.
“We also put five of the most promising athletes through an intensive training camp where they competed against some of the best American players, which we knew would make our players tougher, faster and fitter.”
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