STEPHEN McGuire visited HC-One Scotland’s Douglas View Care Home in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, to show residents his gold medal following his success at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris.
The Paralympian, who lives with Muscular Dystrophy, brought his medal to show residents after beating Columbia’s Edilson Chica 8-5 in the final at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in the men’s individual BC4 classification.
As the sounds of bagpiper Duncan Brown rang out as he entered the care home, Stephen was welcomed to Douglas View with a coffee morning with residents as well as young children from a local nursery in attendance.
He said: “It was such a special visit to Douglas View, and I am so thankful to everyone for making me feel so welcomed.
“I enjoyed meeting the residents again and loved sharing my gold medal with them.
“I was overjoyed to be able to share the success in the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games with the residents and staff within Douglas View. The piper made it super special for me and all the residents.”
Having played Boccia for 20 years, Stephen discovering the sport while researching different activities that he and his brother who also lives with Muscular Dystrophy could play. Stephen soon realised he had the ability to play Boccia professionally and went on to compete in multiple Paralympic Games.
He is the most successful British BC4 Boccia athlete, a 10-time Scottish champion, 13-time British champion, four-time European champion and former World champion.