She is a British athlete by the name of Tanni GreyThompson.Born with spine bifida(脊椎裂)which left her paralysed from the waist down,Tanni used a wheelchair from the age of 7.At first,she was not keen on sport,apart from horseriding,which gave her a sense of freedom.But in her teens,she started taking sports more seriously.She tried swimming,basketball and tennis.Eventually she found athletics,and never looked back.
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.
Tannis enduring success had been part motivation,part preparation.“The training I do enables me to be a good sprinter(短跑运动员),enables me to be good at a marathon too.I train 50 weeks of the year and that keeps me prepared for whatever distance I want to race...I am still competing at a very high level,but as I get older things get harder and I want to retire before I fall apart.”
Indeed Tanni retired finally after the Visa Paralympic World Cup in 2007.Her wish is to coach young athletes for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
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