POOLE Harbour Canoe Club star, Jack Eyers, walked away from Paralympics 2024 with a silver medal, only narrowly missing out on gold.

Mr Eyers, who was competing in the Men’s Va’a Single 200m, only missed out on the top spot by just 0.38 of a second, coming in second place to Ukrain’s Vladyslav Yepifanov.

The silver medal is the latest achievement Mr Eyers can add to his collection, previously being a two time world champion and securing a European championship.

“I’m so proud, so happy, a dream come true,” said Mr Eyers.

“I was here this time last year for the test event in conditions similar to this. I didn’t perform very well, didn’t handle the boat.

“The last 12 months I’ve been working on exposing myself to these sorts of conditions and the hard work’s paid off.

Mr Eyres faced tough competition Picture: BBC Sport

“A lot of work I’ve been doing is on how I’m feeling mentally and emotionally.

“The tattoo (he plans to get) is going to represent the Games, but is also going to be quite closely adhered to that.

“I haven’t finalised any designs yet. I also don’t want to say too much because my parents might tell me not to do it. I’d rather turn up with it.”

Mr Eyres, who is an above the knee amputee, was also the first amputee to be crowned Mr England.

Allen Westerby from the Poole Harbour Canoe Club said: “It was a very good race and (Jack) was beaten narrowly by a competitor, who set a games record for the race.

“As a club, we are so pleased with his performance.

“Jack had a superb team around him and was supported by friends and family that travelled to Paris.”