A PARALYMPIC star will visit Winchester following record-breaking success at last summer's Olympics.

Dave Henson MBE, one of Team GB’s Paralympic record medal-winning side in the Rio, will help kick-start the celebrations of Round Table's 90th year.

The former Royal Engineer from Southampton, who claimed a bronze medal in the 200m for T42 runners, is taking time out from his training preparations for the 2017 World Para Athletic Games to appear at the showpiece event in Winchester’s Great Hall on March 11.

It will feature 600 members past and present, plus international Tablers, gathering for this historic occasion.

Henson, who had both legs amputated below the knee after standing on an improvised explosive device whilst leading a patrol in Helmand Province, played a major role in the inaugural Invictus Games.

He captained the British Armed Forces Team, winning the 200m event in the process.

He has gone on to secure a number of sporting achievements, achieved a BSc in biomechanical engineering and was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list in 2014.

He said: “The work that Round Tables do for communities across the United Kingdom and Ireland is incredible, and their support for the Armed Forces is no exception.

“Bringing financial and physical support to so many organisations over such a long period of time has helped effect positive change on so many people. I am both delighted and excited to be attending the celebrations for their 90th Anniversary in March.”

Round Table president Mark House said: “We are so pleased Dave Henson will be joining us for our biggest celebration in our 90th year. He is in an inspirational figure and it is fitting given that Round Table has been an inspiration for many men over those 90 years.

“Round Table changed my life as it is a fantastic organisation giving young men the chance to support their local communities as well as taking part in a wide-range of social activities with new friends for life.”