[2] In 2008 Young attempted to qualify for the British team for the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, but missed out on a place in the 400m freestyle event by 0.3 seconds.

[4] In 2009 he first represented Great Britain at a major international tournament, the IPC Swimming European Championships in Reykjavik.

On the first day of the Championships he finished in second place behind Russia's Konstantin Lisenkov in the 100m backstroke S8, winning his first major medal.

[9] In his final event, the 200m individual medley SM8, he swam 2:34.34 to just edge out Spain's Alejandro Sánchez Palomero to take third place and take his second medal of the tournament.

[10] Later in 2009 Young travelled to Rio de Janeiro to take part in the IPC Swimming World Championships - short course.