Gold medallist Matt Cowdrey of Australia poses on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's 100m Backstroke Source: Getty Images

TEENAGE swimmer Maddi Elliott became Australia's youngest ever Paralympic medallist, while the path to immortality for Matt Cowdrey had its first golden brick laid on an eventful Day 2 of the London Games.

The pool proved a major source of success, as the only medals of the haul not from swimming were those of vision impaired cyclist Felicity Johnson, who took out the individual B time trial, and the bronzes of T34 sprinter Rosemary Little in the 100m and discus thrower Kath Proudfoot at the athletics.

The bronze had Elliott eclipse Australia's previous youngest medallist, Elizabeth Edmondson, who won three golds as a 14-years-old in the waters of the Rome Games in 1964.

"This morning I did a massive PB which was a 19 second PB and I just wanted to get into the final just to do another PB," the energetic teenager said.

"Its just amazing to get a bronze medal at the age of 13 at my first Paralympics.

"I reckoned a medal was a chance but I reckoned it was more of a chance in the relay and not in an individual event."

Cowdrey then faced his first title defence of the Games in the 100m backstroke S9 and did not disappoint, setting a new Paralympic Record of 1:02.39 to win his first London gold.

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Gold for all-conquering Cowdrey