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Paralympic gold medalist Tanni Grey-Thompson is set to become a "people's peer" after a recommendation from the House of Lords Appointments Commission. | Paralympic gold medalist Tanni Grey-Thompson is set to become a "people's peer" after a recommendation from the House of Lords Appointments Commission. |
Dame Tanni is Britain's most successful paralympian, with 11 Olympic golds for wheelchair racing, as well as seven golds in World Championships. | Dame Tanni is Britain's most successful paralympian, with 11 Olympic golds for wheelchair racing, as well as seven golds in World Championships. |
The Cardiff-born wheelchair racer has set 30 world records in her career. | The Cardiff-born wheelchair racer has set 30 world records in her career. |
She will be one of four new non-party-political peers recommended to the Prime Minister by the commission. | She will be one of four new non-party-political peers recommended to the Prime Minister by the commission. |
The others are Design Council chair and former Whitehall mandarin Sir Michael Bichard, Royal Opera House chief executive and former BBC journalist Tony Hall, and eminent surgeon Professor Ajay Kakkar. | The others are Design Council chair and former Whitehall mandarin Sir Michael Bichard, Royal Opera House chief executive and former BBC journalist Tony Hall, and eminent surgeon Professor Ajay Kakkar. |
Grey-Thompson was appointed a Dame of Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005. She was appointed an MBE in 1993 and an OBE in 1999. |