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Brace published his autobiography ''Where there's a will'' in 1980.<ref name=willway/> He was awarded the [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in 2005 and [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in 2009 for services to paralympic sport.<ref name=whoswho/> |
Brace published his autobiography ''Where there's a will'' in 1980.<ref name=willway/> He was awarded the [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in 2005 and [[Order of the British Empire|CBE]] in 2009 for services to paralympic sport.<ref name=whoswho/> |
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He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (UK TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1982 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bigredbook.info/mike_brace.html |title=Mike Brace |publisher=Bigredbook.info |date= |accessdate=9 November 2017}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 12:17, 9 November 2017
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Michael Thomas Brace CBE |
| Born | 19 June 1950 |
| Alma mater | Linden Lodge School |
| Spouse | Maureen Browne (1972-present) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Skiing |
| Updated on 15 January 2014 | |
Michael Thomas "Mike" Brace CBE (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).[1] 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.[2] 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.
Brace published his autobiography Where there's a will in 1980.[2] He was awarded the OBE in 2005 and CBE in 2009 for services to paralympic sport.[1]
He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1982 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews.[3]
References
- ^ a b Who's Who. London: A & C Black. 2014.
- ^ a b Brace, Mike (1980). Where there's a will. London: Souvenir Press. ISBN 9780285648937.
- ^ "Mike Brace". Bigredbook.info. Retrieved 9 November 2017.