MARLBOROUGH teenager Vivian Novis tasted success at the fourth annual European Down Syndrome Championships in Paris

The 16 year old, who attends Crowdy’s Hill Sixth Form in Swindon and swims with the Electric Eels Down Syndrome Club in Windsor, competed with duet partner Molly Khan and won gold.

The pair debuted with at the World Down Syndrome Games in Florence in the summer of 2016 and hope to go to the next World Games event in Canada next summer.