Tom Aggar

Tom Aggar is a British rower who competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics, where rowing made its debut at the Games. He studied at the University of Warwick and played rugby union for its first XV and the Saracens development squad until a fall in 2005 broke his back and left his legs paralysed. He took up rowing as part of his rehabilitation, first on a functional electrical stimulation machine, and won the 1000 metre men's single scull at the 2007 World Rowing Championships in Munich in a world record time. He then won the men's single sculls gold medal at the Beijing Paralympics in 2008 and defended his world title in 2009 and 2010. He is married to a former Paralympic rower, Vicki, and they have three children.