What celebrity show did Tanni GREY-Thompson win?
Tanni won the 800 metres gold in the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics along with three silver medals in the 100, 200 and 400 metres.
What is Dame Tanni GREY-Thompson famous?
A hugely respected athlete, Tanni Grey-Thompson has become a global ambassador for disability sport. She won 11 Paralympic gold medals and won the London Marathon six times in her career.
Is Tanni GREY Thompsons husband disabled?
Wafula Strike, who is paralysed from the chest down after contracting polio at the age of two, competed in the same T53 category as Grey-Thompson in 2006 and was edging closer to the champion’s times.
Can Tanni GREY-Thompson walk at all?
That self-confessed perfectionist is Tanni Grey-Thompson. Tanni Grey was born in Cardiff in 1969 and made her first international athletics appearance 18 years later. Born with spina bifida, walking in the early days became progressively more difficult and so she used a wheelchair more.
What is wrong with Tanni GREY-Thompson?
Grey-Thompson has spina bifida, a condition caused when a baby’s spine and spinal cord does not develop properly in the womb.
Can Tanni GREY-Thompson speak Welsh?
Britain’s most successful Paralympian – she’s won 16 medals as a wheelchair racer from five Paralympics, including 11 golds, as well as six London Marathons. She’s a Welsh learner and also presented the last series of The Big Welsh Challenge.
What is wrong with Tanni GREY?
Grey-Thompson has spina bifida and is a wheelchair user. She is one of the most successful disabled athletes in the UK.
What does Tanni GREY-Thompson do?
Television presenter
PoliticianTrack and field athlete
Tanni Grey-Thompson/Professions
How old is Tanni GREY-Thompson?
52 years (July 26, 1969)
Tanni Grey-Thompson/Age
Why is Tanni GREY-Thompson in a wheelchair?
Dame Tanni, 50, from Cardiff, has spina bifida, a condition caused when a baby’s spine and spinal cord does not develop properly in the womb, and is a wheelchair user. She has now revealed she was treated with shock and horror when she became pregnant in 2001, before welcoming her daughter Carys, 17.
What did Tanni GREY-Thompson achieve?
Tanni Grey-Thompson has been called Great Britain’s greatest ever Paralympian. Her career as a wheelchair racer spanned more than 16 years with 16 Paralympic medals (11 gold, 4 silver and a bronze) across five Paralympic Games (Seoul 1988 to Athens 2004).
How long has Tanni GREY-Thompson been in a wheelchair?
Spina bifida meant that Tanni has been a wheelchair user since the age of seven, and has become one of the world’s most admired and respected sportswomen and is regarded as Britain’s greatest ever Paralympian having won a total of 11 gold medals.
What is Tanni GREY-Thompson famous for?
Was Tanni GREY-Thompson always in a wheelchair?
MORE ABOUT TANNI: Spina bifida meant that Tanni has been a wheelchair user since the age of seven, and has become one of the world’s most admired and respected sportswomen and is regarded as Britain’s greatest ever Paralympian having won a total of 11 gold medals.
Who are Tanni GREY-Thompson parents?
Sulwen Grey
Peter Grey
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What is Tanni GREY-Thompson title?
Baroness Grey-Thompson of Eaglescliffe
In 2010 Tanni became an independent peer in the British House of Lords, taking the title Baroness Grey-Thompson of Eaglescliffe.