Tanni Grey-Thompson

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Tanni Grey-Thompson

by Carolyn Djanogly
bromide fibre print, 23 November 1998
19 7/8 in. x 16 1/8 in. (504 mm x 409 mm)
Purchased, 2002
Photographs Collection
NPG x125652

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  • 100 Pioneering Women, p. 139 Read entry

    Tanni Grey-Thompson (b.1969) is a former British wheelchair racer and parliamentarian. Born with spina bifida, she has been a wheelchair user since the age of eight, and at seventeen years old became part of the British Wheelchair Racing Squad. Over the course of her sporting career she competed at five Paralympic Games and won twenty-nine Paralympic and World Championship medals in a number of racing disciplines. Between 1992 and 2002, she also won the London Marathon six times. Throughout her career she has worked extensively to gain equal rights for disabled people and has sat on the boards of the National Disability Council, Sports Council for Wales and UK Sport, among others. Since 2010, she has been a crossbench peer in the House of Lords and has spoken on issues including disability rights, welfare reform and sport.

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The Human Rights Act is passed giving further effect in UK Law to the rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights. The Act, which came into effect in 2000, gave individuals the opportunity to argue in a British court that their human rights had been breached. As a last resort individuals are still able to take their case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

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Anthony Gormley's monumental sculpture Angel of the North is erected just outside Gateshead. The sculpture is 20 metres tall and has a wingspan of 54 metres. Despite initial local and press controversy, the work is now considered a landmark of the North of England and cannot be missed from the A1 road or East Coast Mainline railway (the main routes from London to Scotland).

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The British and Irish governments sign the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement, which is subsequently endorsed by voters in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland at referendums. The Agreement established a new Northern Ireland Assembly, which formed a parliament made up of representatives from different parties. The Assembly has since been suspended and attempts continue for its re-establishment.

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