Robert Oliver won a bronze at Tokyo 2020 following a photo finish and there was a sense of deja vu in Paris when his KL3 final became too close to call.

He was among six competitors who were all within a shout of a medal.

Unfortunately for Rob the photo finish wasn't in his favour and he placed sixth – just 0.14 off bronze.

Tokyo remains his most successful Games after finishing fifth in Rio, in the KL3, when paracanoe made its Paralympic debut.

Following Tokyo, Oliver went one better than his Paralympic bronze by claiming World Championship silver in Copenhagen two weeks later.

He didn't stop there and built on his 2021 successes in 2022, winning another silver medal at the World Championships in Canada. Sadly for the Solihull paddler, an injury suffered at the beginning of 2023 ruled him out of the international season for that year.

Oliver joined the British paracanoe squad through a talent ID day back in 2011 and won his first World Championship medal in 2015, a silver in the KL3.

His other career highlights include the bronze and silver medals he won in 2019 in front of his parents and brother, just five days apart in Poznan at the European Championships and World Cup respectively.

Oliver is a talented sportsman, after a spell as a weightlifter he played football at a variety of levels as a teenager. In 2008 he broke his leg during a match, which required 17 operations. Nine months later he had his leg amputated due to medical negligence.

Aged just 20, he felt like this area of his life had come to an end, until he found kayaking in 2011.