Morecambe's Paralympic champion is ready to take on the world once again as he aims for a second gold medal.
Wheelchair rugby star Stuart Robinson MBE has arrived in Paris ahead of the Paralympics, which begin tomorrow (August 28).
Stuart has completed his final training session ahead of Team GB's first match against Australia on Thursday.
The British wheelchair rugby team are aiming to repeat their gold medal success of Tokyo three years ago.
Stuart became a world class wheelchair athlete after losing both his legs while serving for the Armed Forces in Afghanistan.
In 2022 he was awarded the MBE by Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, at Windsor Castle.
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Stuart, who was born and grew up in the Lancaster and Morecambe district, made the decision to join the RAF at 17 after studying public services at Lancaster and Morecambe College.
He served in Northern Ireland, the Falklands, Kuwait, Iraq and Afghanistan, but on his fourth deployment to Afghanistan in February 2013, Stuart was severely injured when his patrol vehicle ran over an explosive device.
He was thrown from the vehicle, lost both his legs, suffered multiple fractures to his upper body, and was placed in an induced coma in hospital for 6-7 weeks.
During his rehabilitation, Stuart saw an advert for the Invictus Games, an international sporting event for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women.
The father-of-two was a keen sportsman before his injuries, but had no previous experience of wheelchair rugby.
Despite this, he was soon trying out for the GB squad and within 12 months of his injuries, competed at the Games in London in 2014, winning gold.
Since then Stuart won a silver and bronze in subsequent Invictus Games, before graduating to the full Team GB Paralympic squad, winning two European Titles.
He then scored 14 tries in a thrilling final as Great Britain overcame the USA at the Tokyo Paralympics in 2021.
It was the first ever Paralympics team gold for the Brits, and they were also the first European nation to win any kind of Paralympic medal in wheelchair rugby.
Team GB and Stuart will also play Denmark on Friday and the host nation France on Saturday in their group games.
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