Baroness Grey-Thompson is one of Britain’s greatest Paralympic athletes. She competed in five Paralympic Games winning 11 gold medals, 4 silvers and 1 bronze and is acknowledged as one of the most gifted and courageous sportswomen of her generation. In addition to her outstanding Paralympic achievements, between 1992 and 2002 she won the London Wheelchair Marathon a total of six times. In 2019, she was awarded the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award.
Retirement has not slowed her down and Tanni has gone on to play a prominent role in public life. In 2005 she was made ‘Dame’ Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE for her services to sport, while in 2010 she was elevated to the House of Lords as a crossbench peer. With a particular focus on sport, disability, health, welfare and youth development she has made significant contributions to debates on welfare reform, assisted dying and sports governance.
Amongst other positions she is Chancellor of Northumbria University, and is an ambassador for UNICEF, the Laureus Sport for Good Foundation. She has sat on the board of the BBC, Transport for London and the London Legacy Development Corporation. She is also a respected authority on disability sporting issues, a key part of the BBC’s and Channel 4’s Paralympic coverage team and a regular television and radio broadcast journalist.
