Tanni Grey-Thompson is one of Britain’s greatest Paralympic athletes and has amassed a remarkable medal haul of 11 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze over five Paralympic Games, together with 5 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals at the World Championships. During her sports career, she broke 30 world track records and has three times been voted BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year.

In 2005 she became ‘Dame’ Tanni Grey-Thompson for her services to sport. In March 2010, she was created a life peer and was conferred as Baroness Grey-Thompson, of Eaglescliffe in the County of Durham.

Tanni attended St Cyres Comprehensive in Penarth, where she first discovered an interest in sport and in particular Wheelchair Racing. In her last year as a junior athlete, she won the Junior National title over 100m and at 17 she became part of the British Wheelchair Racing Squad. She has a degree from Loughborough University as well as a number of honorary degrees and is Chancellor of Northumbria University.

Tanni continues to be involved in sport and physical activity and is a board member of the London Marathon, the Sportsaid Foundation, the Duke of Edinburgh Awards and Join In. As an Independent Cross-Bench peer in the House of Lords, Tanni has spoken on a range of issues including disability rights, welfare reform, and of course, sport.