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Anne Wafula Strike
"Success to me means never giving up, no matter what the odds."
Anne Wafula Strike.
Anne Wafula Strike provides a personal example of courage, commitment and determination that challenges misconceptions about disability. Athlete, author, and sporting ambassador, Anne inspires achieveme… |
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Barney Storey
Barney Storey is the world’s best sprint tandem pilot. In 2008 he won double gold at the Beijing Paralympic Games with his stoker Anthony Kappes and in winning the first also lowered the tandem kilometre world record to an incredible 1.02.867, half a second quicker than the previous mark. The … |
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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson is Britain’s greatest Paralympic athlete. She competed in five Paralympic Games, winning 11 Gold Medals, and is acknowledged as one of the most gifted and courageous sportswomen of her generation. In addition to her outstanding Paralympic achievements, between 1992… |
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Chris Holmes MBE MA
Chris Holmes is the London 2012 Director of Paralympic Integration
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Danny Crates
Danny Crates, a former Paralympic gold medalist, World champion, European champion, Paralympic World Cup winner and world record holder, has an amazing story to share.
His 39 years have seen more experiences than most people manage in a lifetime. In 1994, Danny was facing a promisin… |
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Giles Long MBE
To reach the pinnacle of international success Giles Long had to overcome cancer. For twelve years he has represented Great Britain at the highest level in the world of swimming, both as a Butterfly and Individual Medley swimmer and as a relay team member. He won twenty major Championship medals i… |
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Ian Rose
Ian is one of life’s achievers in whatever he does. He captivates the audience -whether school children or top corporate executives - with his story of balancing the highs and lows in sport, business and life. The former World Champion has natural story telling abilities and his personality sh… |
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Jayant Mistry
Born in Leicester in 1966 Jayant took up playing wheelchair tennis at the age of 19. Within a few years his natural ability soon found him competing on the international circuit and climbing up the world rankings in both singles and doubles events. Indeed Jayant has retained his position as one of t… |
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John Harris
John has had a highly successful career as a field athlete competing in five Paralympic games. In the 1984 games he took the gold medal and set a new world record in the discus event. In the following Seoul Paralympics in 1988 he took the silver position in discus but also took the bronze in the pen… |
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Jon Pollock
Jon started playing wheelchair basketball when he was just 15 and such was his amazing talent that by aged 16 he was part of the Great Britain team.
During his lengthy career he has competed in many European Tournaments 3 World Championships winning a silver medal in Japan and 3 Paralympic Games wi… |
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