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DAME Tanni Grey-Thompson Dame Carys Davina ("Tanni") Grey-Thompson DBE (born 26 July 1969 in Cardiff, Wales) is a Welsh athlete and TV presenter. Born with spina bifida, Tanni is a wheelchair-user, and is considered to be one of the most successful disabled athletes in the UK. took silver in her final race in a GB vest at the Visa Paralympic World Cup in Manchester. "It was a really emotional day," she said. "It's probably the only time in my life I didn't mind coming second. I can actually say it was the taking part that counted. "I don't have to do another sprint start again and I'm really pleased about that. I never, ever, want to do that again." Tanni now becomes a non-executive director of the board of UK Athletics UK Athletics is the governing body for the sport of athletics in the United Kingdom. UK Athletics was founded in 1999 as a successor to the British Athletics Federation, which had collapsed for financial reasons. . She said: "I'm looking forward to the opportunity to make a real difference from the inside." CAPTION(S): DAME Tanni (picture courtesy of EMPICS) |
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