UK Athletics name Paula Dunn as Paralympic head coach Dunn, 47, who as an able-bodied 100m sprinter won a European bronze and Commonwealth silver medal, will take up the role with immediate effect after Eriksson vacated the job last month to take over from Charles van Commenee as head coach of the Olympic athletics programme. Dunn said: "London 2012 had an amazing impact on Paralympic sport in this country and we have a real opportunity to build on that over the next four years. I believe that there is more talent out there and I am looking forward to unearthing that talent and building on the success of 2012. Working closely with Peter over the past four years has been superb, but I am looking forward to taking the reins and continuing what is in effect a long term plan to see further medal success in Rio in 2016. Dunn, who was Eriksson's right-hand woman at the London Games, has a hard act to follow. Under Eriksson's guidance, Britain rose to third in the athletics table at the London Paralympics with 29 medals, 11 of which were gold. UK Athletics performance director Neil Black said: "Paula played a significant role in the Paralympic team's success at London 2012 and she is an outstanding appointment who will ensure continuity as well as further improvements in fulfilling this role." She is the first of a number of appointments that will be made in the next two weeks as Black finalises his elite coaching team for the next four-year cycle leading up to Rio 2016.