Torpoint star David Wetherill will go for gold in Britain’s Paralympics team at the Rio games this summer.

The British Paralympic Association (BPA) announced today that the 26-year-old has been selected to compete in his third Paralympic Games.

He produced some great performances at the European Championships in Denmark last year to take bronze in the men’s class 6 singles and silver in the team event. 

David said: ’Being selected for another Paralympic Games means everything to me. Rio is all that I have been working towards.

I am a very different player than I was in London and it will be interesting to see the effects of the improvements I’ve made.

’My preparation is going okay; I haven’t hit my top form yet this year but it’s all about peaking for September and I am hoping to do myself justice in Rio. 

’I am forever grateful for the support of the local community; it has been amazing and I wouldn’t be in the privileged position I find myself in without the help and support of a number of people. I want to repay their faith in me with a good performance in Rio.’ 

Penny Briscoe MBE, ParalympicsGB chef de mission for Rio 2016, said: ’Paralympic table tennis is fiercely competitive and huge credit should go to performance director Gorazd Vecko and his team who have continued to build on the work that resulted in four medals at London  2012.’