Dame Tanni Grey- Thompson
In conversation with Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson by Tony Randall /31st March 2012 I start by saying it is with out no doubt Tanni is a remarkable lady and a true inspiration to one and all. Having competed in five Paralympic Games and winning a total of 11 Gold Medals there is no doubt Tanni is one of our most loved and acclaimed sports persons of her generation. In 2010 she was made a cross-bench peer in the House of Lords where she has been engaging in debates around disability issues such as health and suicide along with sport and has shown her passion and dedication in the Lords just as she did on the sports track. Tanni took time out to speak to me about her childhood, being an Paralympic athlete, Welfare reforms and discrimination. TR: If we can go right back to your youth and growing up as a child with spina bifida, at what point did you think this is not going to hold me back and started to get involved in sport? TGT: My parents were always incredibly su