Dan Bentley, left, celebrates bronze with Nigel Murray, David Smith and Zoe Robinson.

DAN Bentley is out of the Boccia individual event following his loss to Cristina Goncalves.

The Portugese 34-year-old beat the Dunmow athlete 4-1 to progress to the quarter finals.

London 2012 has not been a complete disappointment for the 28-year-old after Team GB won a bronze medal in the mixed team Boccia.

Just as they did in Beijing in 2008 to win gold, Bentley, David Smith, Nigel Murray and Zoe Robinson beat Portugal to claim a medal on Tuesday.Team GB took a 5-1 lead before a mini fightback from their opponents, but they held on to win 7-5.

The defending champions were comprehensively beaten 18-1 by Thailand in the semi-final but they bounced back to ensure they came away from a home games with a medal.

Bentley tweeted to his 581 followers at 5pm on Tuesday night.

‘I won a bronze medal at London 2012, very happy! Medal cem about 7pm tonight!!! Happy days :)’

The medal ceremony took place in front of a capacity crowd at the ExCel Arena – an experience Bentley tweeted was “amazing”.

‘Just picked up my bronze medal, a lap of the arena, amazing!! So happy! Now off to eat & bed! Start again tomorrow!!!’