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<p>Anne Wafula Strike was born in a small village in western Kenya. Aged two and a half she contracted polio, leaving her effectively paralysed. After taking up wheelchair racing, she represented Kenya in the 2004 Paralympics, before joining Paralympics GB in 2006. She is Non-Executive Director of the British Paralympic Association, Active Essex and Princess Alexander Hospital Trust. She’s an avid, effective disability rights campaigner globally. Appointed an MBE in 2014 for services to disability sport and charity, she lives in the UK with her family.</p>