At just 21, Danny faced a life-altering challenge when he lost his right arm in a devastating accident. Refusing to let it define him, he adopted a positive mindset, focused on the future, and made a remarkable return to the rugby field within six months. His resilience led him to Paralympic sport, where he quickly rose to the top – winning bronze at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games and then gold in the 800 metres at Athens 2004, setting a new world record that same year. Over the course of his career, Danny claimed every major title in his sport, including the World Championships, European Championships, and Paralympic World Cup. Two decades on, he still holds the British 400m and 800m records.
Danny’s impact extended well beyond the track. He was honoured as Great Britain’s flag bearer at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Opening Ceremony and played a key ambassadorial role in bringing the London 2012 Games to the UK.
Since retiring from international athletics, Danny has become a highly sought-after keynote speaker, renowned for his dynamic stage presence, engaging delivery, and ability to inspire and energise audiences. Over the past 25 years, he has delivered impactful keynotes, leadership sessions and corporate training to global organisations, working with businesses, executives, and teams to elevate their performance and mindset.
All of Danny’s keynotes come with a complimentary downloadable workbook, along with the option to include a high-performance workshop to accompany his talk. This ensures that every delegate leaves with practical, actionable tools that extend the learning beyond the event and support long-term high-performance strategies.
To book Paralympic icon & speaker Danny Crates for your event, contact Front Row Speakers on +353 1 485 3991 or email welcome@frontrowspeakers.com.
“Danny provided an incredible motivational session, adapted to benefit our colleagues in Europe during a period of change. He emphasised key themes around resilience, teamwork and converting challenges into manageable goals for positive outcomes. Our colleagues appreciated his friendly, open and humorous delivery of highly complex and emotive themes and the feedback was overwhelmingly positive. I would recommend Danny if you’re looking to reset and refresh your culture.”
-TD Securities
“Danny is a powerful & dynamic presenter who leaves a lasting impression. He inspired the entire team and delivered beyond expected; professional yet relaxed style and also touched people’s hearts.”
–Grohe
”Working with Danny at our inaugural Company Conference and Awards Dinner was an absolute delight. From the initial enquiry through to the delivery on the day Danny was 100% aligned to what we were wanting to achieve from his guest speaker session. Through Danny’s own challenges and experiences it helped to embed our theme around leadership, team work and resilience which resonated well with our attendees. Danny took on the role of compere for our Awards Dinner which really helped to elevate the event to one of celebration that all were able to enjoy. Thank you Danny for being an integral part of our inaugural event.”
-Fiona Radford – Care Concern Group, Head of sales and marketing
”It was a great pleasure to work with Danny Crates. Danny is a powerful & dynamic presenter who leaves a lasting impression. He inspired the entire team and delivered beyond expected; professional yet relaxed style and also touched people’s hearts.”
-Photis Eliades – GROHE MENA, LIXIL EMENA
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