Martine Wright

Martine Wright

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Martine Wright

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Martine Wright MBE , 7/7's most injured survivor lost both legs in the Circle line bombing during the 2005 terrorist attacks on the London underground, yet she considers herself a lucky woman with a whole new life of opportunities. Martine has since rebuilt her life, skydived, learned to fly, become a wife, mother, captain of the British Paralympic Sitting volleyball team, ambassador, patron, an inspirational and motivational speaker. Martine has spoken to audiences in excess of 10,000 at Wembley Arena and O2. She is a living testament to how catastrophic life-changes can have...Read More

Martine Wright MBE , 7/7’s most injured survivor lost both legs in the Circle line bombing during the 2005 terrorist attacks on the London underground, yet she considers herself a lucky woman with a whole new life of opportunities. Martine Wright MBE has since rebuilt her life, skydived, learned to fly, become a wife, mother, captain of the British Paralympic Sitting volleyball team, Ambassador, Patron, an inspirational and motivational speaker and much more! 

 

On 6 July 2005 Martine Wright MBE and work friends gathered to watch the announcement of the host city for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games. The next morning, having overslept, Martine MBE caught the Circle line and sat just three feet away from suicide bomber Shehzad Tanweer. The worst injured, and consequently last rescued survivor of the 7/7 bombings, Martine MBE was trapped for over an hour having lost 80% of her blood supply as well as both legs above the knees. There followed a painful year of rehabilitation including learning to walk again on prosthetics.

 

Martine Wright is a survivor of the never to be forgotten day in 2005 when terror hit the streets of London. As 52 people lost their lives in a series of attacks across London, she was the last survivor pulled from the train in Aldgate, losing her legs, and very nearly her life. The events of 7/7 are one bookend of her life in which her remarkable fight for recovery and rehabilitation culminated in becoming a Team GB Paralympian, appearing at London 2012. In tribute to those that died that day Martine chose to wear the number 7 team shirt and will share with you how she developed and adopted her mantra of the ‘Power of 7’ to provide resilience, positivity, structure and new purpose into her much-changed world. Her compelling story of survival to sporting success and her easy and refreshingly honest approach will provide inspiration and clear key messages to all who take part in Martine’s presentation.

Make your choice

Maximise your opportunities

Embrace change positively

Teamwork

Marginal gain

Team me

Believe

It was the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics that gave her life new shape and her days meaning. For everybody in Britain, those two days were among the strangest and most shocking in recent history for Martine Wright MBE it provided a spring board for new opportunities and goals and a new life! In these challenging times her story of positivity and resilience is ever more powerful.

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  • Organisation:

    Martine Wright
  • Designation:

    7/7 Survivor, Paralympic Athlete, Inspirational and Motivational Speaker
  • Industry:

    Other
  • Function:

    Other
  • Location:

    Other, United Kingdom
  • Delivery Type:

    Debate
  • How much of your pre-7/7 life, mindset and work ethic or experience helped you with the journey?
  • What was the moment that made you set your heart on achieving the London Olympics?
  • You talked about a point in time where you made a positive choice, any advice on how we can create a similar change point to help us reframe our mindset?
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Martine was phenomenal. The feedback received for the event indicated that it was a real success and in fact it received the highest average feedback scores of all 4 of our diversity month events, scoring 4.93 out of 5 across 114 ratings!

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Atticus Gross

Atticus Gross

1 year ago

Martine, Your body language and gestures perfectly complemented your words, making your speech even more impactful.

A pleasure to listen to!

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