SSE Ambassador Aled Davies has been named Team Wales captain for Glasgow 2014.
The Paralympic gold medalist said leading out his country at the Commonwealth Games will be his greatest honour.
Aled said: “I am such a patriotic Welsh person. This is going to be the greatest honour I have had in my career to date.
“I believe this is the strongest Welsh team we have sent to a Commonwealth Games.
“I am a big rugby fan and maybe I will get to know how Sam Warburton feels now when he leads Wales out.
“It will be even better when I get out there and compete.”
SSE is a proud partner of Glasgow 2014. As part of it’s investment in sport, its also sponsoring four of the Home Nation teams – England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The partnerships are helping support athletes - from grassroots to champions – to excel in their sport.
SSE customers can also access the Games with tickets, the chance to meet ambassadors and get an exclusive insight to the athletes’ preparation for the Games at ‘More for You’.
Indomitable Aled leads SSE’s Welsh contingent of sportsmen. The 23-year-old has battled through adversity to reach the top of his sport after being born with talipese and hemi-hemilia in his right leg. His disability left him with missing bones and no muscle growth.
Years of determination and hard work paid off when he won Paralympic gold in London in the discus with his first throw and also took bronze in the shot put.
Despite his fierce ambition, the sportsman revealed to ‘More for You’ how he initially tried to hide his disability from fans and fellow competitors by wearing a rugby sock.
He’s still wearing the same sock eight years later but it’s now his lucky charm.
Aled revealed: “When I was younger I never wore shorts in public and on the occasions when I did wear them I was always alone so that no one would see. I’d kind of hide it away.
“I used to put one sock over my leg brace because I just didn’t want to show people that I had one.
“Now though I don’t hide it away anymore. It’s okay to be different and I think people are far more accepting of people with disabilities.”
“But I wear the same sock now when I compete. I’ve had it for eight years so it’s totally covered in holes. I put it on my brace every time I compete just in case I don’t win without it.
“It’s like a lucky charm. It comes everywhere with me.”
Read more from Aled and SSE’s Games ambassadors at ‘More for You’.