Teaming up with UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport, the governing body for British Swimming is looking for young talent between the ages of 12 and 25, both male and female, who are currently competing at a regional or county level, to join the "A Vision for Rio" campaign.

The campaign is looking to build on Britain's highly successful performance from London 2012 where it won seven gold, 16 silver and 16 bronze medals.

To be eligible for "A Vision for Rio", these swimmers must have limited vision, loosely defined as being unable to see past the top line of an eye chart with their most effective eye, whilst wearing glasses.

Whilst ParalympicsGB is in good stead in the build up to Rio 2016, having secured 120 medals on home soil in 2012 - 34 gold, 43 silver and 43 bronze - the governing body knows that competition will be fierce in Brazil with athletes and the general standard of competition rising.

With this in mind, ParalympicsGB launched the "A Vision for Rio" in an effort to stay ahead of the field and improve its medal haul to hit its target of 121 medals in Rio.

To apply to the "A Vision for Rio" click here.

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