- Conference Speakers
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Tanni Grey-Thompson
Not only is Tanni Grey-Thompson Britain's most successful paralympic athlete in wheelchair racing, she is an esteemed ambassador for disabled athletes and was awarded the prestigious honour of a DBE in 2005.
At the 2000 Sydney Paralympic Games, Tanni added a brilliant four gold medals to those she accumulated in past Paralympics, winning the 800m, 400m, 200m and 100m. Overall, she has won nine gold medals, four silvers and one bronze in four different Paralympics. Tanni also holds the world record in the T53 (the category in which she participates) for the 800m event.
Tanni Growing Up
Tanni's interest in athletics began when she was a youngster. At 15, she won the Junior National Games representing Wales in the 100m. Having performed at a world class level for the past ten years, she has been a consistent medal winner in World Championships. She has won her section of the woman’s London Marathon four times in the past six years.
Tanni is also highly regarded off the track, appearing on TV programmes such as “Question of Sport”, “This is Your Life” and “Onside”. She is a respected authority on disability sporting issues and a regular television and radio broadcast journalist.
Besides competing, Tanni works for UK Athletics, encouraging British youth to take up sports. She is the Vice President of the Women Sports Foundation and is an active member of, amongst many others, the UK Sports Council, the Philip Lawrence Trust Award Panel, the National Disability Council and the Youth Sports Trust.
Her incisive and well-informed views have made her a very popular conference speaker and session chairperson.
