10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GREY-THOMPSON»
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Aim High reveals what has motivated Dame Tanni Grey Thompson, UKs leading wheelchair athlete, through the highs and lows of her outstanding career.
Tanni Grey-Thompson, Kate Lock, 2007
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Seize the Day: My Autobiography
In this text she talks candidly about her early life and ambitions, before offering an account of her success in the four Paralympic Games in which she had been involved.
Tanni Grey-Thompson, Rick Broadbent, 2002
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Leadership: Practice and Perspectives
The name stuck and we now know her as Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson,
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), probably the greatest
Para-Olympic athlete Great Britain has ever produced. Tanni was born with the ...
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MediaMasters: Insider Secrets from the Big Names of ...
SPEAKING TO ALAN STEVENS One of the most recognisable athletes in the UK
is Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson. It's partly for her media appearances, partly for
her achievements, and partly for her championing of the cause of people with ...
Alan Stevens, Jeremy Nicholas, 2009
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Tip To Toe: A Remarkable, True Story of Courage and ...
Foreword. By. Dame. Tanni. Grey-Thompson. DBE. (World. Olympics. Gold.
Medalist. wheelchair. athlete). WHEN I FIRST heard of SwasieTurner I thought
this guy must be mad. Who on earth would want to push from John O'Groats to
Land's ...
Tanni Grey-Thompson Early Life Tanni Grey-Thompson comes from Cardiff,
Wales, in the UK. She was born with spina bifida, a medical condition in which
the spine is not properly formed. This meant she was paralyzed from the waist
down.
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Disability Sport: Policy and Society: An Introduction
With the exception of several high profile disabled female athletes (such as
Natalie Du Toit, Tanni Grey- Thompson and Louise Sauvage), many disabled
women by comparison tend to receive significantly less press coverage than their
male ...
Nigel Thomas, Andy Smith, 2008
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Critical Inquiry and Problem Solving in Physical Education: ...
... characteristics and increases confidence to participate in new activities. Tanni
Grey-Thompson in her autobiography reports that after watching TV coverage of
the 1984 London marathon when Chris Hallam 'the bad boy of wheelchair ...
Lisette Burrows, Doune Macdonald, Jan Wright, 2013
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Get Me a Celebrity!: Memoirs of a Celebrity Booker
Someone who refuses to be categorised is Dame Tanni Grey Thompson, the
extremely successful paralympian. In 2004 the Cardiff-born star took her
Paralympics gold medal tally to 11 by winning the T53 100m and 400m in Athens
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“Thank God we've got salt,” Grey Thompson said. “We should have got us some
robins,” Billy said. “Push said they eat better than blackbirds.” “We only saw one
robin,” Grey said, “and it flew off and we couldn't find it again.” “Maybe we should
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GREY-THOMPSON»
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Around the WI
There were three speakers, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, Helena Morrisey and Lucy Worsley, historian and television presenter. «Henley Standard, Jul 15»
St Albans Half Marathon receives top leisure industry award
The awards ceremony was held in Telford International Centre in front of over 850 attendees including Chair Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson. The St Albans ... «St Albans & Harpenden Review, Jul 15»
Christchurch venue hosts live stream of WI centenary celebrations …
... Investment Management, Helena Morrissey, and former British wheelchair racer, parliamentarian and TV presenter, Tanni Grey-Thompson. «Bournemouth Echo, Jul 15»
Eddie Izzard talks on The #BigHelpOut for sports clubs
Comedian and Join In patron Eddie Izzard and multiple Paralympic gold medallist Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson will be among those getting ... «BBC Sport, Jul 15»
Dame Tanni hails Weatherhead in national stakes as UK leadership …
Former Paralympian Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and former NBA basketball player, John Amaechi OBE presented the award and helped ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»
Youngsters get inspired by tennis and politics
MPs and sporting celebrities including Graeme Le Saux, Judy Murray and Tanni Grey-Thompson also joined in. Deputy headteacher and organiser Paul Taylor ... «Halstead Gazette, Jul 15»
Where is diversity in PSB? Can the BBC carry BAME viewers and …
The BBC's diversity adviser Lady Grey-Thompson recently argued that the BBC needs to spend around £100 million if it wants to achieve true ... «EUROPP - European Politics and Policy, Jul 15»
'We would have swapped our Olympic medals to win London 2012 …
... Tanni Grey-Thompson, Steve Redgrave. Each one of us agreed we would swap our individual medals for the vote to go our way the next day. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
The BBC can't show it's serious about diversity without putting up the …
Two weeks ago Tanni Grey-Thompson, another member, suggested that the BBC may have to spend about £100m if it wants to achieve true ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
Influential Welsh women in history
2) Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE (Christened Carys Davina) won 11 gold medals for Great Britain in her Paralympic career and also ... «ITV News, Jul 15»
