Carys Davina Grey-Thompson, Baroness Grey-Thompson, (born 26 July 1969), is a Welsh life peeress, television presenter and former wheelchair racer. Athletic career Grey-Thompson's Paralympic career started in the 100m at the Junior National Games for Wales in 1984. Her international career began in 1988 in Seoul, where she won a bronze medal in the 400m. As a young athlete she also competed in wheelchair basketball. Her fifth and last Paralympic Games were in Athens (2004) where she won two gold medals in wheelchair racing in the 100m and 400m. In total in her Paralympic career she won 16 medals (11 gold, four silver and a bronze) and also 13 World Championship medals (six gold, five silver and two bronze). On 27 February 2007, Grey-Thompson announced her pending retirement, with her last appearance for Great Britain at May's Paralympic World Cup in Manchester. Over her career, she won a total of 16 Paralympic medals, including 11 golds, held over 30 world records and won the London Marathon six times between 1992 and 2002. Post-retirement Career in television In preparation for her retirement from the track, she expanded her television presenting career on BBC Wales and S4C, as well as BBC One. She was the first female wheelchair user in the world to present on television on BBC2's ground-breaking series for disabled people From the Edge. She has also presented BBC Wales X-ray, Big Welsh Challenge, Land of our Mothers, and worked for BBC Radio Wales, Five Live, and Radio Cleveland. She was a key member of the BBC commentary team at the Beijing Paralympics 2008, and of subsequent Paralympics. Advisory and consultant roles During her competitive career she sat on the board of the National Disability Council, The Sports Council for Wales, the English Lottery Awards Panel and UK Sport, and also sat for three years on the Mission 2012 panel (part of UK Sport). Grey-Thompson also sat on the board of the London Marathon (2007–2018), the board of Transport for London (2008–2018) and currently sits on the London Legacy Development Corporation. She chairs the board of ukactive. Grey-Thompson is patron of numerous charities including the Duke of Edinburgh Awards scheme, the Wembley Stadium Legacy Trust, the Guernsey Disability Alliance and Zoё's Place Baby Hospice, a charity for sick babies and young children. She is also President of Sportsleaders UK, a UNICEF Ambassador, academy member of the Laureus World Sport Academy