GOLD-medal-winning Paralympic swimmer Aaron Moores has returned to his Trowbridge primary school to inspire another generation.

Year 3 and 4 pupils at Oasis Academy Longmeadow got a visit from Aaron, who was back in his home town after returning from Rio. Among the pupils was his niece, Tia Wilson, who proudly led her uncle into the classroom full of excited children, who took turns to ask him many weird and wonderful questions.

Tia said: "I'm just really so proud to bring him into my school and show him off to my friends."

The 22-year-old, who has learning difficulties, didn't let anything get in the way of achieving his goals, and this was the message he gave to the children when he visited them on Thursday, a living representation of the school's motto, Aspire to achieve.

His number one young fan Tia has already joined Trowbridge Swimming Club and is being trained by the same swim coach who trained her uncle more than 10 years ago.

Aaron, who was a pupil when the school was first built on the Longmeadow estate, set himself a personal goal after he joined the club, to get himself into the far lane of the pool, where the most advanced members swam. He soon went on to compete in annual club championships, and acquired quite a trophy collection.

"I think I won around 50 medals from all my club competitions, I did so many," he joked.

After success at the national championships he was scouted for the Team GB for the 2012 London Paralympics. After many months of intense training in Swansea, he was delighted when he brought home a silver medal in the S14 100m backstroke.

After four years' intensive training, he was delighted when he returned from Rio with the gold medal in same event. He broke the world record in the morning heats by finishing in 1:06.49, when he reached the final by gaining second place behind GB teammate Scott Quin. In the final that night he improved his time even further, getting it down to 1:06.33 to reverse the places, with Scott Quin taking the silver medal.

"I had worked so hard and trained all my life for that moment. It was a complete dream come true and quite overwhelming," he said.

A well-deserved month of rest is on the cards before he goes back into training for the Mexico World Championships in October next year.