Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE
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One of Britain's greatest paralympic athletes, Tanni Grey-Thompson crowned a magnificent career with two gold medals in the 100 and 400 metres in the 2004 Athens Paralympics. It took her remarkable medal haul over 16 years and five Paralympic Games to 11 gold, 3 silver and a bronze and established her as one of the most gifted and courageous sportswomen of her generation. Tanni also won the London Wheelchair Marathon 6 times between 1992 and 2002.
Now retired, Tanni still plays and active role in administration of sport. She is the Vice-President of the Women's Sports Foundation, a non-executive director of UK Athletics, a member of the board of the London Marathon and recently was appointed to the board of Transport for London. In 2005 she was created ' Dame Tanni' Grey-Thompson DBE for her services to sport.
Dame Tanni is an articulate and exceptional motivational speaker. Every year, thousands of people enjoy listening to Dame Tanni speak on the topics of motivation, diversity and achievement.
Dame Tanni speaks about her childhood and family, how she became a track athlete, her training regime and victories, and the challenges and choices in her life. She relates her sporting experiences to the importance of planning for success, team work, forward-vision and making dreams come true.
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