“I was aware we were on 49 gold medals, it’s incredible for us to get so many gold medals and for me to help out with that tally is great”.
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Ukraine is in third place with 36 gold medals, the United States is in fourth with 33 and Australia is now fifth with 17 golds.
The Netherlands had earlier overpowered Great Britain 76-34 to claim a second consecutive bronze medal.
Dunham, who turns 68 later this month, picked up a silver medal behind compatriot Sophie Christiansen in the grade 1a event, her fourth individual medal in a Games career which stretches back to Atlanta in 1996.
Britain’s first gold medal in the pool on Wednesday night was won by Michael Jones in the S7 400m freestyle, with team-mate Jonathan Fox taking silver.
Guilhermina started the race strongly and built a commanding lead but, coming into the final straight, her legs began to tire and she was overtaken by China’s Cuiqing Liu and Venezuelan runner Sol Rojas.
“We now go in search of another cycle”. I have done one better this time.
The 29-year old investment banker and mathematics postgraduate from Sunningdale is good with numbers and her score of 78.217 on horse Athene Lindeberg was enough to beat ParalympicsGB team-mate Anne Dunham by almost four points. “But I hope one day the bloodbath will end”, he said.
On Friday, Ruzhdi won his first Paralympic medal in the shot put, throwing 12.33m to smash his own world record and clinch the gold by nearly a meter’s margin.
Dan Greaves took a bronze in the F44 discus.
Three are guaranteed in wheelchair tennis – Gordon Reid and Alfie Hewett are in Thursday’s doubles final and play each other in Friday’s singles final – and the men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball teams have good chances after progressing to the semi-finals.
Hannah Cockroft’s T34 800 metres athletics gold – her third of the Rio Games – saw Britain match their haul of 120 medals from London 2012.
Poland’s Lech Stoltman won the bronze with 11.39m.
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His has been a “terrible” Games, by his own admission, but victory in Sunday’s marathon could see Britain level or even climb above the haul of 65 gold medals won in Seoul 28 years ago.
