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Tanni Grey-Thompson

June 2024

  • From left to right: Kelly Gallagher, Peter McGuire, Bruce Dee, ⁠Jayant Mistry, Claire Cunningham, Mike Brace, Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson and David Clarke at the launch of the Athlete Community

    British Paralympians urged to build forgotten history of disability sport

    British Paralympians have been urged to help record the forgotten history of disability sport after the creation of a new Athlete Community

June 2023

  • Emma John

    Sportblog
    Women’s sport is entering uncharted waters – can it remain true to its roots?

    Emma John
    A new documentary about women’s sport charts its painful climb from niche-sporting-subculture to the mainstream and prompts questions about the future

July 2022

  • Grace Dent Tanni Grey-Thompson Comfort Eating podcast

    Comfort Eating with Grace Dent
    S3 E8: Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson

    Grace meets former athlete and current House of Lords peer Tanni Grey-Thompson, who introduces her to a snack less highbrow than you might expect. They discuss how to blag the most from being a baroness, what it’s like to be ‘the greatest’ athlete in your field, and the surprising matching tattoos she shares with her husband. And, as usual, she reveals what comfort foods have seen her through it all

October 2021

  • School students carry the flags of the Commonwealth countries after the Queen launched the baton relay for the Birmingham 2022 Games.

    Elite sport success hasn’t inspired UK to be more active, government told

    Success in elite sport has not inspired ordinary Britons to become more active, the government will be told on Wednesday

May 2021

  • Former Paralympian Lady Tanni Grey-Thompson

    The Guardian view on community leisure centres: not a luxury

  • Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, chair of ukactive, has written to the prime minister about the state of public health facilities in England.

    Half of pools, gyms and leisure centres in England at risk, prime minister told

July 2020

  • A male gymnast's hands covered in chalk

    I work to protect elite athletes – these growing allegations must be properly investigated

    Victoria Aggar
    Athletes need an independent organisation to investigate complaints, says Victoria Aggar, chair of the British Athletes Commission

June 2020

  • Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson has written to the prime minister, Boris Johnson, about the decision to keep gyms and leisure facilities closed.

    Keeping gyms closed risks 'catastrophic' impact, Grey-Thompson warns Johnson

    Tanni Grey-Thompson has written to Boris Johnson saying a large number of jobs are at risk if gyms and leisure facilities are not reopened soon

May 2020

  • A girls U13 cricket match between Corsham and Marshfield

    Getting girls active is key to women's sport future, say players and coaches

  • Dina Asher-Smith on her way to 200m gold in Doha; England’s Ellen White scores against USA at the 2019 Women’s World Cup; Sophie Molineux celebrates Australia’s T20 World Cup triumph; and Megan Rapinoe of USA strikes a pose as she celebrates in the 2019 Women’s World Cup final.

    Covid-19 has rocked women's sport but its future remains bright

December 2019

  • Simon Burnton

    Ben Stokes’ modesty stands in sharp contrast to bloated show

    Simon Burnton
    That some presenters seemed convinced that the Sports Personality of the Year ceremony was itself the most important occasion in sport detracted from the viewing experience

December 2017

  • Tanni Grey-Thompson waves to the crowd after her last ever race in the T53 200 meters during the Visa Paralympic world cup

    Second Paralympian says she was stopped from racing Tanni Grey-Thompson

    Tracy Lewis says she was not selected to race in 1996 Paralympics after ‘highly unethical’ selection process

November 2017

  • Sean Ingle

    Para scandal: call a doctor or British cheats will continue to prosper

    Sean Ingle
    The classification scandal gripping British Para-sport is a consequence of its medal-based funding system
  • Tanni Grey-Thompson after finishing fourth in the women’s 200m at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games.

    Tanni Grey-Thompson's husband accused over rival's reclassification

    Ian Thompson was ‘unethically’ involved in Anne Wafula Strike being moved out of his wife’s category, says former head coach
  • Tanni Grey-Thompson

    Para-swimmers are ‘exaggerating their disability’, MPs told

    The crisis facing the Paralympic movement over alleged abuse of the classification system deepened after claims swimmers are deliberately exaggerating their disability in order to win more medals

October 2017

  • Hannah Cockroft

    Para-athletes Cockroft and Hahn deny 'baseless' classification claims

  • Tanni Grey-Thompson

    Switch to universal credit will hit lone disabled people

  • Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson

    Classification controversy marks terrible coming of age for Paralympic sport

  • Paralympian Olivia Breen

    Paralympic athletes face reclassification in row over exaggerated disabilities

March 2017

  • Tanni Grey-Thompson, who won 16 medals across five Paralympic Games

    Three senior BBC execs miss out on new board as Paralympian appointed

    No place for James Purnell, James Harding and Charlotte Moore, with Tanni Grey-Thompson made a non-executive director
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