David Weir pipped double Gold Medallist Hannah Cockcroft to the post. 18 October 2012

UKA Fans across the country has voted David Weir (Jenny Archer) Paralympic Athlete of the Year for 2012.

Weir collected 48% of the votes narrowly pipping double gold medallist Hannah Cockroft (Peter Eriksson) to the post.
David Weir is arguably one of the most successful Paralympians of all time, he raced to a record-equalling sixth London Marathon victory before going on to win an incredible four golds in London.
The 33 year old produced a world class display to win gold in the 800m, 1500m, 5000m and marathon to go alongside the two golds he picked up in Beijing four years ago.

Weir, who became known as the Weirwolf during the Games, said:

“It’s a great honour to have been voted British Paralympic Athlete of the Year, especially considering that Great Britain had a number of athletes that won gold medals and performed so well in London.

It’s been such a great year for me and my success at the Paralympics is something that I will always remember. To have my performances recognised by athletics fans across”