Richard Whitehead insists he is aiming to channel his memories from London 2012 and deliver another golden performance at the Anniversary Games later this month.

The 38-year-old Paralympic star claimed a sensational T42 200m gold medal at the Olympic Stadium in 2012, and plans to return to the track for the first time in two years on Sunday July 26 as he gears up for another tilt at glory in Rio next summer.

Whitehead, who holds the world record for double amputees in both the full and half marathon, turned to sprinting in order to compete at the London Olympics.

And the Anniversary Games mark the start of the journey to Rio for the Nottingham-born star, who believes more success in London – and then at the World Championships in Doha later this year – will put him on track for another Paralympic title.

“I’ll be really excited to be back at the Olympic Stadium, as it holds really strong memories for me of my experience at the Paralympics in 2012 and the success I had,” he said.

“At the moment I’m preparing for the Worlds in Doha, so the Anniversary Games will be about me delivering a performance that will make the community proud of who I am – and hopefully we can revive some of those memories from 2012.

“At the moment I’m in a really high level of training and trying to put in a lot of hard work to improve my speed.

“Doha is very much on the horizon, and that is a great marker for success at Rio; if you look at who does well there that’s usually a good indicator for who is going to do well at the Paralympics.

“And if you don’t do as well there, then you really know you’ve got an awful lot more hard work to get through.

“We’ve got one more winter before Rio and it really is about knuckling down all the way from today through to Doha and then trying to deliver that gold medal-winning performance again at the Paralympics.”

Whitehead’s return to the Olympic Stadium on Sunday July 26 also coincides with National Paralympic Day, and he is hoping his performance may once again inspire a brand new generation of para-athletes.

Designed to help continue the legacy of the 2012 Games, the annual event will feature elite athletics and swimming as well as promoting disability sport.

There is also events taking place in Nottingham at Smithy Row the day before, and Whitehead is urging as many people as possible to get involved.

He added: “National Paralympic Day is really important, and a great day in the calendar of British Athletics, as it brings together high level athletes with family and friends.

“It also celebrates the Paralympics, everything that stands for, and everything that was good about London 2012.

“The public will have the chance to get up close and personal with the athletes and try out some of the sports that they might have seen at 2012 and since then.

“It is really important to engage and inspire the public to think positively about Paralympic sport, especially with Rio around the corner, and hopefully we can find the next Ellie Simmons or Dave Weir at National Paralympic Day trying out these sports.

“Sport has empowered me to take my own journey, and has broken down a lot of barriers for me, so seeing people embrace those Paralympic values is very important to me.

“Sport is about bringing people together, and that’s what we’ll see at National Paralympic Day.”

National Paralympic Day 2015 will be celebrated at Smithy Row on Saturday July 2015. #NPD2015 is generously supported by Spirit of 2012. Find out more: http://paralympics.org.uk/npd2015