Thirteen year old Iona Winnifrith from Kent became the youngest British Paralympic swimming medallist since Abby Kane eight years ago as she surged to silver in the Women’s SB7 100m Breaststroke at the Paralympics.

The talented teenager from Tonbridge was not even been born when Ellie Simmonds won two gold medals at Beijing 2008 – but 16 years on, 13-year-old Iona put together a brilliant swim in the SB7 100m Breaststroke, moving clear of the chasing pack to hold second place all the way and secure a silver medal that ensures the youngest athlete on the entire ParalympicsGB team will return home with silverware to her name.

“It’s very cool. I was really excited going into the race and I’m really happy. I knew I just needed to fight and power off from the start. I really wanted that gold, but I’m year 13 years old, you can’t have everything – I’m super, super happy with that performance, I’m really proud,” said the Tonbridge swimmer.

“My schoolfriends will be like ‘it’s mad, it’s very cool’. They’ll be so proud of me, so many people have gone on this journey with me, my teachers have always believed in me so they’ll all be happy.”