Edinburgh swimmer, Sean Fraser has been selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing.
The 18 year old who swims for Warrender, competes in the S8 category of disability sport and will contest the 100m Backstroke at what promises to be the most competitive Paralympics ever. He will also be considered for relay selection.
It marks the first full senior GB call-up for Sean and he is delighted to be selected.
I've been on British development squads before but competing in the Paralympics has rocketed me up, he said.
I have been working towards this all season and set myself hard targets to make the times but I didn't even dream about going to Beijing. I'm almost speechless; I'm on cloud nineteen let alone nine.
At the first selection meet in April, Sean was classified in the S9 category but, prior to the start of last week's British International Disability Championships, the international body that oversees disability sport re-classified him as S8.
At the first Olympic trials I wasn't fast enough to qualify in the S9, but last week in the S8 I qualified in the 100 metre backstroke. The qualifying time is 1.13.01 and I swam 1.11.02.
Fraser has been swimming for nine years and until now butterfly has been his strongest stroke. A year ago he was selected for the East of Scotland Institute of Sport.
I'm in the sixth form at the moment and if you have any problems like exams clashing with competitions they come in and help you, he said. If you're injured they arrange private health care and physio. You get access to gyms and facilities.
Until now, America for the Cerebral Palsy World Championships has been Sean's most far flung competition but he is already working out who he will be competing against in China.
I've competed against a lot of them, although I haven't had that much experience at the international level, but I've looked at the rankings on the internet and the time I did puts me second in the world. My goal is at least to be on the podium.
Said Sean's coach, Laurel Bailey, "I am really pleased for Sean. He has worked very hard in training for this over the past few months, making significant improvements in all of his events.
He is still relatively new to international disability swimming so it will be fantastic to gain great experience this year which will hopefully help him in years to come, especially in the run up to London 2012."