Sir David welcomes Team GB Paralympians home

Sir David welcomes Paralympians home

On Monday 13 September, Sir David Amess, Member of Parliament for Southend West, attended the celebratory reception for our Paralympians. Sir David is the Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Olympic and Paralympic Games and was delighted to join the Chief Executive of Channel 4 in welcoming our athletes home from the Paralympics.

Team GB came second in the Paralympics this year in Tokyo with a total of 124 medals including 41 gold medals.

Sir David said “all our athletes were extraordinary at the Paralympics in Tokyo. A huge congratulations to our medal winners and everyone who took part. You have all made us proud and represented our country so well”.

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