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Eddie The Eagle Edwards
Great Britain's first Olympic Ski Jumper
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Mark Beaumont BEM
World record-breaking ultra endurance cyclist and adventurer
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Ade Adepitan MBE
Paralympic basketball champion and TV presenter
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Alan Chambers MBE
Former Royal Marine Commando and North Pole polar explorer
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Alastair Campbell
Former Chief Press Secretary and Director of Communications to Tony Blair
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Ann Daniels
Polar explorer - top 20 Great British Adventurers of all time
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Anthony Bennett
Survivor of three life-threatening viral infections, left fighting for his life
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Baroness Karren Brady CBE
One of the most powerful businesswomen in Britain
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Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE
One of Britain's best-known Paralympic athletes - winner of 14 medals
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Barry McGuigan MBE
World Boxing Association (WBA) Champion
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Bear Grylls OBE
One of the world’s most recognised faces of survival and outdoor adventure
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Bonita Norris
The youngest person ever to reach the summit of Mount Everest and the North Pole
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Caroline Casey
Born legally blind but didn’t know her vision was impaired until she was 17
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Cathy O'Dowd
First woman to climb Mount Everest from both the north and south sides
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Chris Gardner
Entrepreneur and author of 'The Pursuit of Happyness' starring Will Smith
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Dame Katherine Grainger DBE
Olympic gold medalist - rowing double sculls
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Dame Kelly Holmes MBE
Multi-Olympic gold, Commonwealth and European champion
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Darren Campbell MBE
Olympic gold medalist, World, European and Commonwealth sprint athlete
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Debra Searle MBE
Famous for rowing solo across the Atlantic in a 23ft plywood boat
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Dr Amit Patel
Disability rights campaigner who lost his sight to keratoconus in 2013
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Dr Steve Bull
Sports performance coach and former team GB psychologist
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Ed Jackson
Former rugby player, recovering quadriplegic and best-selling author
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Erin Brockovich
Environmental legal consultant and subject of Hollywood movie about her life
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Fearne Cotton
BBC Radio DJ and one of the most popular broadcasters in the UK
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Gerald Ratner
Former jewellery magnate who infamously imploded his own company
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Henry Winkler OBE
Award-winning Hollywood actor, producer, author and dyslexia sufferer
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James Cracknell OBE
International rowing Olympic gold medalist and World Champion
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Jamil Qureshi
Global expert on the psychology of people, performance and leadership
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John Nichol
Former RAF Tornadoes Fighter Pilot and Gulf War POW
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Jon-Allan Butterworth MBE
Paralympian cycler and former RAF Weapons Technician
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Judy Murray OBE
Former Scottish National Coach and mother of World Champion Andy Murray
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Kadeena Cox OBE
Two-time gold medal winner in two different sports at a same Paralympic Games
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Katie Piper OBE
Survivor of a brutal acid attack, charity campaigner and bestselling author
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Mark Beaumont BEM
World record-breaking ultra endurance cyclist and adventurer
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Mark Pollock
Explorer who became the first blind man to race to the South Pole
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Martina Navratilova
Humanitarian, activist and arguably the worlds greatest female tennis player
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Mel B MBE
Member of iconic girl power group, the Spice Girls, and patron of Women’s Aid
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Mo Gawdat
Former Chief Business Officer for Google[x] and serial entrepreneur
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Paula Radcliffe
One of the UK’s best known and most celebrated long distance runners
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Pen Hadow
World-class Arctic explorer and renown ocean conservationist
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Pete Reed OBE
Three-time Olympic gold medalist rower, now paralysed from the chest down
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Phil Packer MBE
Former British Army officer catastrophically injured on duty in Basra, Iraq
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Professor John Amaechi OBE
Psychologist, New York Times best-selling author and former NBA player
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Robert Forkan
Co-founder of Gandys, a WGSN award-winning, socially conscious fashion brand
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Robyn Benincasa
World champion adventurer and 20-year veteran of the San Diego Fire Department
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Sally Gunnell OBE
Only woman to hold concurrently Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European titles
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Sebastien Foucan
Actor and founder and creator of parcour free running
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Simon Weston CBE
Falklands war veteran and hero, and best-selling author
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Sir Lenny Henry CBE
One of Britain's best loved comedians
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Sir Ranulph Fiennes OBE
The Guinness Book of Records’ world's greatest living explorer
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Sir Steve Redgrave CBE
Winner of five gold medals in five consecutive Olympic Games
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Sir Terry Waite CBE
Humanitarian worker, author, lecturer and former hostage
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