Isaac Harvey, 16, who is wheelchair-bound, will carry the Olympic torch through Barking and Dagenham on Juy 22.

An adventurous teenager whose disability has not affected his academic success and love of extreme sports will carry the Olympic torch in the borough.

Isaac Harvey, 16, who was nominated to become an Olympic torchbearer by his school’s deputy head teacher Clive Rosewell, will carry the flame through Barking and Dagenham on July 22.

Isaac said: “I feel happy and grateful that I will get to carry the torch. It was a big surprise when I found out.

“It’s a way of being equal to everyone who has not got a disability.”

The teenager, who lives in Kingston Road, Ilford, and attends Seven Kings High School, was born with limb/pelvic hypoplasia syndrome, which mean he has no arms and a weak pelvis and does most things with his feet.

Yet this has not stopped him from taking part in the Jack Petchey Foundation’s Pantathlon Challenge where he has been competing in wheelchair slalom, football, relays and races every year since he was 11-years-old.

The business and media student hopes to work in the video games industry.

Isaac’s mother, Isabel, 73, said: “He is very thrilled. It’s a privilege for me and my other children that he has been picked because it’s a privilege looking after him. He’s a brilliant boy.

“He’s a very caring, considerate, outgoing and cheerful boy. He works very hard and he’s an inspiration to others. He deserves to be noticed and to have that privilege.”

Isaac is a regular at the Elhap adventure playground in Chingford, where he also volunteers, and abseils at Lambourne End outdoor centre.

Olympic organisers are looking at ways on how Isaac will carry the torch due to his condition.