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Dame Tanni GreyThompson 坦尼格雷汤普森出生时被诊断为脊柱裂，但她在家人的鼓励以及自己的努力下，最终成为了一名出色的运动员。她被誉为英国最杰出的轮椅运动员，并被选进英国上议院。,Born with spina bifida (脊柱裂) and kept in a wheelchair from the age of seven，Tanni GreyThompson，Britains bestknown Paralympic athlete，began wheelchair racing at 13.At 17，she joined the Rookwood paraplegic club in Cardiff and started her competitive career.,Indeed，Tannis athletic career took off in 1984，when she was 15.She pulled off a surprise victory in the 100 metres at the Junior National Wheelchair Games. In 1988，Tanni went to her first Paralympic Games in Seoul. She won bronze in the 400 metres.Even greater success followed at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics.Tanni won gold in the 100,200,400 and 800 metres relay，setting two world records in the process.In the same year she achieved the first of her six London Wheelchair Marathon victories.,Tanni has received numerous awards because of her Sporting achievements. She was awarded third place in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2000，has become BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year three times，taken the title “Welsh Woman of the Year” and many more.In 2000，she was made an OBE (Officer of the order of the British Empire)，and in 2004 she was awarded a Dame hood.,Now Tanni is member of the Laureus World Sports alongside such sporting legends as Pele，Jack Nicklaus，Michael Jordan，Boris Becker，Ed Moses，placing her firmly alongside the worlds leading sporting celebrities.She retired in 2007and played an active role in coaching young athletes for the Beijing Paralympics in 2008.,One of Tannis greatest achievements must be in making people more aware of disability and what can be accomplished with will power，determination and the support of a loving family. In February,2010，she was accepted into the House of Lords.,同学们,来学校和回家的路上要注意安全,同学们,来学校和回家的路上要注意安全,
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