With just under three years to go until the London 2012 Paralympic Games, Chris Holmes MBE has been named as its new Director of Paralympic Integration.

Having had a distinguished career as a Paralympic swimmer - winning nine Paralympic gold medals, six at the 1992 Barcelona Games in 1992 - Holmes will lead on all aspects of London 2012's planning and organisation for the Paralympic Games. He is a Patron of the 'Help for Heroes' charity and the British Paralympic Association, has been a board member at UK Sport since 2005 and was a Commissioner on the board of the Disability Rights Commission from 2002-07, as well as practicing at a leading City international law firm.

Pic: Chris Holmes and Paralympic swimmer Ellie Simmonds at the Olympic Park's Aquatics Centre