Great Britain’s David Weir won the Award for Best Male. 25 November 2013

British Athletes and media were celebrated on the 23rd November 2013 at the International Paralympic Committee’s 2013 Paralympic Awards in Athens, Greece, which recognised the top achievements from the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

In one of the highest profile categories of the night, Great Britain’s David Weir won the Award for Best Male which celebrated his London 2012 performance where he won Gold medals in all his events.

Weir won four golds in eight days in the 800m, 1,500m, 5,000m and marathon distances in the T54 class.

Weir said, ‘Its just great being recognised for what I did in London.  It was an amazing achievement, and obviously the IPC could see competing in the T54 events and coming away with four Gold medals was one of the toughest things in the world.  I fulfilled my dream of coming away with four Gold medals at a home Games’.