Danny Crates - Speaker of the Month
| Recently crowned the 2007 Visa Paralympic 800m T46 Champion Announcing Danny Crates! T46 arm amputee World Champion, Paralympic Champion, European Champion, Paralympic World Cup winner! Amazing achievements! Amazing story! Danny Crates is fast becoming one of the worlds most inspiring paralympic athletes of the modern era. In his 35 years he has had more experiences than most people manage in a lifetime. Facing a promising rugby career, playing at both regional and county level, Danny suffered an horrific accident in 1994 whilst travelling and working in Australia, losing his right arm. Not to be deterred, Danny resumed his rugby activities, becoming the only known arm amputee playing club rugby in the country, receiving worldwide media attention. He also turned his attention to athletics. As a natural speedster, he soon found that he was competing with the best in the World in his event, the T46 400m arm amputee class. In the 1998 World Championships, Danny made his international debut, by reaching the 400m final and winning a silver medal in the 4 x 400m relay event in a new European record time. Danny’s potential was also recognised in the Paralympic Games Sydney 2000, where he was narrowly beaten, into the bronze medal position in the 400m. Danny also captured the European 400m title in 2001. Danny is now an 800m runner - a great move which resulted in him capturing both the 2003 World Indoor 800m title and European 800m outdoor titles. In 2004 he set a new world outdoor record and become the 2004 Paralympic champion. After Athens Danny set his sights firmly on the 2006 world championships. Taking the gold medal, Danny can now claim to have achieved at every major level of paralympic athletics. Or as he likes to put it "the icing on his career cake!" Danny has always continued to take a positive outlook on life since his accident, including returning to Australia with a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship, to study diving for the disabled. Here he qualified as a diving instructor, which led to Danny sharing a tank with 20 sharks four times a day whilst working at the Great Yarmouth Sea life Centre. Having fulfilled his burning ambition to take the Gold medal in Athens 2004 - Danny is now looking forward to competing in Beijing 2008. Simply put, Danny is one of life’s natural characters and will speak openly and from the heart. Danny shares his experiences readily with others, from young schoolchildren to seasoned corporate executives. As a winner and achiever, Danny is an excellent speaker and motivator. His vast experience of making keynote speeches, his natural, charm, humour and ability to tailor his delivery to suit the needs of the client provide that additional impact required to make any event or conference one to remember! Be Inspired!! Danny is available for Event Hosting After dinner speaking Award Ceremonies Business and Corporate events Motivational Speaking Presentation evenings Product Endorsements Testimonials 'Compelling, has the ability to deliver a serious message with humour and sensitivity' Essex Police, Hate Crime Menace in Society Launch 'Marvellous Compelling Charming' BBC Correspondent Nicholas Witchell 'Danny was superb, he was able to lighten the mood without deflecting from the serious message, we would like to use him again and again'. Scope 'Tell it like it is' Launch 'His Natural enthusiasm energy and embrace for life shines through and I found him very inspirational' Lesley Morris Attitudes- specialist in performance management at the Business and Professional Women UK Limited launch Thank you for your most entertaining and enthralling after dinner speech. Over the years we have had a variety of speakers current high performers ex athletes who are now TV/Radio commentators: but never one with such a bright and vital style. Woodford Green Athletic Club Your address was powerful, humorous positive, and you reinforced the belief that no disability or hardship is a reason to give up. Connexions and Careers Management Conference In 45 minutes Danny inspired, motivated and won the admiration of our students. His positive attitude, determination, commitment to his sport and sense of fun shone through in his presentation. We will definitely invite him back again. The Oldham College Danny offered an inspirational and personal insight into the Olympic Experience. He was able to contextualise the event in terms of the benefits that London 2012 may bring to Colchester its people and its communities He was adaptable and understood the context and depth of presentation required Colchester 2020 Assembly - March 2006 Danny Crates - great! Worth the whole day. Please find more like this - not education, just pure inspiration - superb!! Essex Primary Headteachers Association March 2006 Danny was an reliable honest interesting a truly inspirational speaker who engaged the audience with humour , interest while delivering the messages we asked of him. Great person to have at any event we would certainly recommend him to others The Chelmsford Partnership April 2006 Danny Crates simultaneously charmed and inspired our audience by sharing with us the seriousness of his tenacity and will to succeed with sparkle and a terrific sense of humour! He is an inspiring and professional speaker and shows great intuition in matching the environment as a speaker. He has a wonderful personality that comes through during his speech and his contact with the audience following the speech. Feedback from our participants was overwhelmingly positive! Brydie Lear - GOLD (Global Organisational Leadership development) Program Coordinator - Atos Origin International BV Sept 2006 Call Helen on +44 (0) 1245 328303 or email your request to: helen@creatingexcellence.co.uk To subscribe to our newsletter please enter your email address |
