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In the News (Mon 28 Dec 09)

  
  Tanni Grey-Thompson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Tanni_Grey-Thompson.html   (334 words)

  
 Our Kids Sports - Junior Sports on the Net
Tanni's role will be to assist with the implementation of the current interim Disability World Class Potential Plan which aims to identify a group of athletes to form the nucleus of the athletics team for the 2008 Paralympics.
Tanni started her role this weekend at a Talent Academy held at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield aimed at encouraging talented disabled youngsters to fulfil their potential within athletics.
Tanni Grey-Thompson said: "It is great to be involved with the future of the sport and to use the experience that I have gained through competing at five Paralympic Games.
www.ourkidsports.com /index.php?topgroupid=999999999&groupid=6&subgroupid=&contentid=436   (246 words)

  
 Tanni Grey Thompson OBE / 100 Welsh Heroes / 100 Arwyr Cymru   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
According to The Guardian, Tanni Grey Thompson has “done far more to normalise attitudes to wheelchair users than any number of activists chaining themselves to the gates of Downing Street”.
Tanni emerged as a major force in the 1992 Paralympics when she swept the board, winning Gold at 100,200,400 and 800 metres.
Now the mother of a daughter, Carys Olivia, Tanni Grey Thompson manages to fit in a secondary career as a television presenter in Wales.
www.100welshheroes.com /en/biography/tannigreythompson   (369 words)

  
 Countrybookshop.co.uk - Seize the Day
Tanni Grey-Thompson was born in Cardiff in 1969.
Tanni is a respected authority on disability sporting issues and a regular broadcast journalist.
Tanni Grey-Thompson has performed at world-class level for the past thirteen years, in distances ranging from 100m to the marathon.
www.countrybookshop.co.uk /books/?whatfor=0340819723   (240 words)

  
 Sport Leaders
Tanni Grey Thompson, the multiple Gold medal winning Paralympian Athlete has joined forces with Sports Leaders UK to help more people benefit from the Sports Leader Awards.
Come to Tanni’s private briefing session for team members in March; in the run up to the race, receive support and tips from Tanni and the team coaches, as well as team kit; and after the race, meet up with Tanni at the Team Party to talk about the day’s experience.
Tanni has received numerous awards including third place in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2000, BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year and 'Welsh Woman of the Year'.
www.bst.org.uk /Home/Content.aspx?PageID=TanniGreyThompson   (479 words)

  
 Tanni Grey-Thompson, Motivational Speaker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Tanni was one of only four female athletes to appear in the top 50 British Sporting Greats poll undertaken by publishers Cassell Illustrated.
Tanni is a member of The Laureus World Sports Academy alongside such sporting legends as Pele, Jack Nicklaus, Michael Jordan and Ed Moses placing her firmly alongside the world's leading sporting celebrities.
Tanni is articulate and well informed; she is an exceptional conference, keynote, motivational and after dinner speaker and can tailor presentations to the individual needs of clients.
www.nyt.co.uk /tanni-grey-thompson.htm   (222 words)

  
 English Federation of Disability Sport
Tanni Grey-Thompson, Britain's most successful Paralympic athlete of all time, received her Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire insignia at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday (March 22).
Dame Tanni said she was surprised when she heard she was to receive the honour.
Dame Tanni has also shown her incredible versatility by winning medals in major events from the 100m to the marathon - she has six London Marathon wins under her belt and competes in the event again next month.
www.efds.net /index.php?incpage=content/news/news130.php   (423 words)

  
 BBC - Ouch! - Paralympics 2004 - Athlete profile - Tanni Grey-Thompson
Sarah's parents also baby-sit her daughter Carys for Tanni when she is away training or competing.
Tanni describes her two-year-old daughter as both "a culture shock" and "the most beautiful child in the world".
Tanni rates her chances of scooping at least three out of four golds at 8 out of 10.
www.bbc.co.uk /ouch/paralympics/profiles/tanni_grey_thompson.shtml   (473 words)

  
 Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Tanni will compete in the 800m wheelchair demonstration race at the Olympic Games in Athens.
Tanni is an extremely experienced and multi-medal winning athlete and we wish her well with her final preparations for Athens."
Tanni Grey-Thompson said: "It will be difficult for me to win at the Olympics, but I will use it as a chance to try out the track and see what the facilities are like.
www.olympics.org.uk /press/pressdetail.asp?boa_press_id=379   (364 words)

  
 News Wales > Media > Tanni wins Welsh 'Big Brother' TV show
In the final programme of S4C’s reality show cariad@iaith, broadcast live from the Barcud studio in Caernarfon last night, (Friday), Tanni was declared the winner of the viewer’s vote as the celebrity learner who had made the most effort during the week’s language challenge.
Tanni is Britain’s best-known Paralympic athlete, having performed at world class level for the last 15 years, in distances ranging from the 100m to the marathon.
Tanni is a keen knitter, and almost finished a jumper while staying at remote Nant Gwrtheyrn on the Llyn peninsula during the cariad@iaith challenge.
www.newswales.co.uk /?section=Media&F=1&id=6706   (383 words)

  
 BBC Inside Out - Tanni Grey Thompson - Handing on the baton
Tanni has four more years of pushing her endurance to the limits, in preparation for the next Paralympics in Beijing.
Tanni will give the same 110% to the future success of others on the track, as she has to herself.
It's this sort of commitment that has taken Tanni where she is at the moment, and will, under her mentorship, take others in the future.
www.bbc.co.uk /insideout/northeast/series6/tanni_grey.shtml   (1027 words)

  
 Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson OBE, MBE - new patron for the BDFA, British Disabled Flying Association
Aside from all the athletics medals, Tanni Grey-Thompson was also awarded an MBE in 1992 in recognition of her work for disabled sports, and an OBE in 2000.
When she’s not on the track, Tanni divides her time between a number of roles promoting and developing sports in the UK and also supports many groups involved in disabled issues.
Tanni Grey-Thompson is undoubtedly one of Britain’s greatest athletes, and surely an inspiration to disabled and able-bodied alike to live life to the full.
www.bdfa.net /tanni2.html   (644 words)

  
 Yell: Press Releases : Four times Gold Medal winner, Tanni Grey-Thompson to take part in this year’s Yellow Pages ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Addressing a group of local athletics clubs at Palmer Park Sports Stadium, Reading on Monday 5th February, Tanni spoke of her race preparation, both mental and physical, and how this year’s Reading Half Marathon will form part of her training for the London Marathon.
The success of Tanni’s race preparation was evident at last year’s Paralympics where she won a staggering four gold medals for the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m sprints.
Tanni’s participation and the Amateur Athletic Association of England adoption of the race as their Half Marathon Championship for 2001 affirm the high status of the Yellow Pages Reading Half Marathon in the sporting calendar.
www.yellgroup.com /pages/pressreleases-fourtimesgoldmedalwinnertannigreythompsontotakepartinthisyearsyellowpagesreadinghalfmarathon   (284 words)

  
 DAME TANNI GREY THOMPSON CHAMPIONS 'the BIG recycle' IN WALES - Waste Awareness Wales   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dame Tanni Grey Thompson DBE has pledged her support to this year’s ‘the BIG recycle/yr ailgylchu MAWR’ campaign in
The campaign, which is part of a wider UK initiative, aims to encourage people to recycle their household waste more often, and will encompass a week of promotional activity and events, urging consumers to become recycling champions by recycling at least one more can, bottle or newspaper.
Tanni, who is a keen recycler, was keen to support the campaign.
www.wasteawarenesswales.org.uk /1478.html?diablo.lang=eng   (360 words)

  
 Creating Excellence News Flash   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Tanni Grey Thompson Britain's greatest Paralympian, has been made a dame in the New Year's Honours list.
But the new Dame Tanni, who admitted it was "pretty cool" to be honoured in this way said "It would be nice to use it a little but I'm not going to insist on being called Dame Tanni because I'm just Tanni to everyone.
Grey Thompson who won her 11th gold medal at the 2004 Paralympic Games in Athens has previously received an OBE.
www.creatingexcellence.co.uk /newsflash.htm   (306 words)

  
 Tanni Grey Thompson takes to the skies with the BDFA
Paralympic champion athlete Tanni Grey-Thompson scored another personal first yesterday when she took the controls of a light aircraft.
Tanni was the guest of paraplegic flyer Steve Derwin, who took Tanni on an hour long flight during which she saw Hartlepool Marina and Durham Cathedral.
Tanni, from Redcar, who has previously never flown in a light aircraft, said afterwards: "That was a fantastic experience.
www.bdfa.net /tanni.html   (217 words)

  
 Laureus :: Members   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Britain's greatest ever paralympic athlete, Tanni Grey-Thompson crowned a magnificent career with two gold medals in the 100 and 400 metres in the 2004 Athens Paralympics.
Tanni won just one gold in the Atlanta Paralympics in the 800 metres, but also collected three silver medals in the 100, 200 and 400 metres.
She was back to the gold standard with a vengeance in Sydney in 2000, repeating her tour de force of Barcelona, with gold medals in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres.
www.sports-news-laureus.com /academy/members/show_member.php-member-65   (429 words)

  
 Telegraph | News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Kelly Holmes, Matthew Pinsent and Tanni Grey-Thompson are among the athletes honoured today for their medal-winning performances at the Athens Olympics.
Tanni Grey-Thompson receives her damehood in recognition of a career which has seen her win 11 Paralympic gold medals, including two in the 100m and the 400m in this summer's games.
Born with spina bifida and confined to a wheelchair from the age of seven, she is regarded as Britain's greatest Paralympic athlete.
news.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/12/31/nhspt31.xml   (789 words)

  
 Telegraph | Sport | Grey-Thompson seals status as Britain's all-time greatest
Tanni Grey-Thompson bathed in the golden glow of the Games yesterday, not only as a figurehead, but as the most celebrated British Paralympian in history, with her 11th gold medal in a career spanning 12 years.
Grey-Thompson was Tanni Grey when she won her first five gold medals.
Six more have come since she formed a partnership in sport and life with Ian Thompson, who gave up his own wheelchair racing career to become her coach.
www.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2004/09/28/sotann28.xml   (582 words)

  
 Telegraph | Sport | Disabled Sport: Grey-Thompson looking towards Athens
I'm not 'brave and wonderful', I'm simply an athlete who uses a wheelchair instead of a discus, javelin or whatever to set world records and I've never suffered from being born with spina bifida.
Grey-Thompson and her husband, Ian, became parents themselves 15 months ago when Tanni gave birth to daughter, Carys ("strangely, it means 'beloved' and not 'little monster' "), a moment in her life she describes as 'the most precious gold medal of them all'.
Tanni Grey-Thompson does not need anyone to push her to greatness; she will push herself, thank you.
portal.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2003/05/06/sorp06.xml&sSheet=/portal/2003/05/06/ixportal.html   (1314 words)

  
 British Paralympic Association :: Current News
Tanni Grey-Thompson, Britain’s most successful Paralympic athlete of all time, receives her Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire insignia at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday (22nd March).
Dame Tanni, who was born in Cardiff and lives in Redcar, will be joined at Buckingham Palace by her father Peter Grey, her sister Sian Harrison, and her husband and coach Ian Thompson.
Dame Tanni has also shown her incredible versatility by winning medals in major events from the 100m to the marathon – she has six London Marathon wins under her belt and competes in the event again next month.
www.paralympics.org.uk /news.asp?section=000100010008&showItemID=491   (564 words)

  
 PARALYMPICS > DOUBLE GOLD FOR TANNI GREY THOMPSON
Tanni Grey Thompson has won her second gold medal of the Athens Paralympics, with victory in the T53 400m final.
Taking the title in 57.36secs – a new Paralympic record – Grey Thompson led the race from start to finish to become Britain’s most successful Paralympian ever.
Grey Thompson competes is yet to go in the T54 200m final.
www.eis2win.co.uk /gen/news_gtsecondgold270904.aspx   (160 words)

  
 Just Like Us
When Tanni Grey-Thompson competed in the Sydney Paralympic Games in 2000, she became a national hero winning four gold medals in the 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m wheelchair events.
Tanni Grey-Thompson is actively campaigning for sports for people with disabilities and is pleased with progress so far.
She adds, 'And the vast majority of people with disabilities still have a lot of difficulty getting access to education and work and more has to be done.
justlikeus.wisshost.net /just_kids.asp?jgPage=46   (335 words)

  
 Telegraph | Sport | 'Real honour' for Grey-Thompson
The celebration for the new Dame, Welsh to the core, was all the sweeter coming only three days after the Welsh rugby team won their first Grand Slam in 27 years.
It is six months since Grey-Thompson stole the headlines at the Athens Games, gaining two gold medals to make her Britain's greatest Paralympian, with 11 golds in a career spanning 12 years.
Doctors have said that George Best is seriously ill but "stable" in hospital, after it was revealed that his condition had deteriorated further.
sport.telegraph.co.uk /sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/03/23/sotann23.xml   (263 words)

  
 Lit-Net -
Tanni Grey-Thompson is one of our most respected athletes.
A politics graduate as well as full-time athlete, she is a regular broadcaster on sporting issues.
Lit-Net is managed by MLA West Midlands, with support from library authorities throughout the region, and funding from Arts Council England.
www.lit-net.org /index.php?screen=event_reader&session_string=i9ryx81eXUOnDHow&LinkID=63&viewCat=3   (117 words)

  
 BBC Sport Academy | Athletics | Disability | Meet golden girl Tanni
Dame Tanni Grey Thompson is Britain's most successful wheelchair athlete.
She was born with spina bifida and is paralysed from the waist down.
Tanni's first big achievement came when she represented Wales in the Junior National Games aged 15.
news.bbc.co.uk /sportacademy/hi/sa/athletics/disability/newsid_2071000/2071895.stm   (107 words)

  
 The Station Network
Rower Matthew Pinsent has been made a Sir while runner Kelly Holmes and Paralympian Tanni-Grey Thompson - who each won two golds - are both Dames.
Kelly Holmes said she was "totally shocked" that "a girl who was brought up in a humble council house could be made Dame Kelly Holmes".
Tanni Grey-Thompson - Britain's most successful Paralympian - said her father Peter had "got pretty emotional" when he heard what her new title would be.
www.station.lu /newsDetails.cfm?id=7401   (135 words)

  
 tannigrey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Dame Tanni Grey Thompson DBE made a special presentation at the launch of the Women's Network at the Constabulary Headquarters on Thursday 19 May.
Dame Tanni Grey Thompson was born in 1969 with spina bifida and has since become Britain's best-known paralympic athlete, having performed at world-class level for the past 20 years in distances ranging from 100m to the marathon.
Dame Tanni's career has taken her around the world to every major international event.
www.westerndivision-nhw.co.uk /tannigrey.htm   (337 words)

  
 English Federation of Disability Sport
Then we met Tanni Grey-Thompson when she was awarded an Honorary Blue by the university and were deeply impressed by her effort, belief and determination.
Tanni Grey-Thompson launched the scholarship when she visited the Edinburgh campus to receive her Honorary Blue — an annual award made to someone who has made a significant contribution to sport.
She said: “Issues like access and support in their studies are vital for young people going into further and higher education.
www.efds.net /index.php?incpage=content/news/news148.php   (276 words)

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