Sport Skiing Books Where there's a will | Role Skier Name Mike Brace | |
Full name Michael Thomas Brace CBE Born June 19, 1950 (age 74) ( 1950-06-19 ) Spouse(s) Maureen Browne (1972-present) | ||
Mike Brace - Tribute to Ludwig Guttmann, Paralympics 2012
Mike Brace talks about receiving his honorary
Michael Thomas "Mike" Brace (born 19 June 1950) is a former paralympic skier, social worker and leader of disabled charities. He was Chief Executive of Vision 2020 UK (2001-2012) and served as Chairman of the British Paralympic Association (2001-2008). He was blinded at the age of ten by an accident with a firework and subsequently attended Linden Lodge School for the Blind in Wimbledon. He gained a Diploma in Social Work from the Polytechnic of North London in 1976 and in the same year competed as a cross-country skier in the inaugural Winter Paralympics.
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- Mike Brace Tribute to Ludwig Guttmann Paralympics 2012
- Mike Brace talks about receiving his honorary
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Brace published his autobiography Where there's a will in 1980. He was awarded the OBE in 2005 and CBE in 2009 for services to paralympic sport.
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