Double Paralympic archery gold medallist Danielle Brown’s story is all about breaking barriers. After becoming disabled as a teenager, Danielle realised that even in adversity we have a choice. Choose to let the things outside your control defeat you, or choose to control your response to it. It was this mindset that saw Danielle ranked World No.1 for her entire career. Coming from a world where one tiny mistake is the difference between winning and failing, Danielle shares invaluable techniques on how to develop a Champion Mindset to achieve challenging objectives.
Danielle’s versatility and experience make her one of the most desirable personalities on the after-dinner speaker circuit. She faultlessly performed year after year without losing a major championship. A five-time World Champion, Danielle also won gold at the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010 in an able-bodied discipline, showing her skill and focus is enough to beat even the best able-bodied athletes. Proving her credentials away from competition, Danielle attained a first-class law degree whilst competing at a world-class level, a truly amazing achievement. Describing how she has maintained these performance levels, Danielle makes for a compelling sports speaker who interacts and engages with audience members throughout her talks.
The holder of all 12 Paralympic World Records, Danielle teaches audience members how to have a winning mentality normally associated with elite sport, and how to apply this to their everyday lives. She believes by harnessing the power of resilience and self-belief everyone can break through perceived limits and realise ambitions, traits she describes wonderfully as an Olympic speaker. A consummate professional, Danielle is able to tailor her content to suit a client’s brief whilst ensuring that any underlying themes appear during her talks.
Danielle continues to research the Champion mindset and has published a number of children’s books, including 100 Reasons To Hope, curated on behalf of Captain Sir Tom Moore. Her latest book, Run Like A Girl won the Sunday Times Children’s Sports Book of the Year 2022.
How to hire Danielle Brown
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Danielle Brown's official speaking topics are listed below:
- Diversity & Inclusion - Inclusion matters to Danielle because she knows what it's like to be different. Through her experience as a female disabled athlete, she knows what exclusion looks and feels like, and knows what happens when we get inclusion right. Everybody should be valued for what they have to offer, to have their differences recognised as strengths, and as well as sharing her experiences with the audience, she leaves you practical strategies on how to build more inclusive cultures.
- Resilience - Danielle’s journey to world domination wasn’t without setbacks or adversity. A career-ending rule change forced her to adapt the game plan and Danielle shares how to manage emotional distress and transform challenges into crucible moments, coming out the other side far stronger.
- Person First Performance - To get the most out of the professional we have to get the most out of the person first. Danielle uses stories from her sporting career to demonstrate how this approach delivers big results and how it can be applied to develop high performing teams in the workplace. Proactively looking after our mental health enables longevity in excellence.
- Women in Sport and Business - Danielle has done a lot of research into high performing women, the barriers they face, and the solutions that helped them make it to the top. She is able to share trends, tips and strategies to inspire achievement, breaking down stereotypes that often have a bigger impact than we first might imagine.
- Motivation - Danielle believes that motivation sits at the heart of success. Some days this comes easy, and other days we have to manufacture it. A deep dive into the ways we can learn from elite athletes and ensure that motivation remains high throughout, whilst finding ways to tackle the inevitable dips.
Official Feedback from In-Person & Virtual Events
"Just a quick note to say Danielle’s session this morning was absolutely fantastic – have had some really positive comments from the business. She did a great job of telling her (very inspirational!) story whilst also weaving in additional key topics such as intersectionality and working in a sales-driven environment – really excellently presented and received." - Izzy, Head of People, Thurn Partners
"A note to say thank you very much for selecting Danielle to join our Hasbro leadership team call, she was the perfect choice. An incredible story, so inspiring and the message weaved back to the key commercial threads that we had discussed. Please thank Danielle on my behalf and wish her the very best." - Hasbro
"Danielle was brilliant! Her story was so inspiring and the message of her talk really resonated with the children, staff and parents in the audience! It was great to have Danielle present the awards to the children for their own achievements, commitment and participation in sport and physical activity." - Rickmansworth School
“Danielle Brown spoke at a high profile launch event I organised recently and absolutely stole the show. A consummate professional throughout the pre-event run-up, her delivery on the day was flawless and – as expected – left the audience utterly inspired and enthused. I’ve simply loved working with her and am actively looking for opportunities to repeat the process soon – whether that’s through her brilliant public speaking or her bespoke mental coaching.” - Felicity Wingrove, Managing Director, Zen Communications.
"Everything went really well thank you and Danielle was great, a true inspiration! Her presentation was so engaging and interesting." - Jenna, Burgess Hill Girls School
"Danielle delivered a very powerful and inspiring message today and please pass along our thank you to her. Danielle was a wonderful presenter and no doubt her message resonated with our colleagues. We are hopeful the key messages will encourage our teams during challenging weeks ahead for our organization." - Vicki, Odds Checker Global Media
"I just wanted to pass on how impressed all the children and staff were at Hartford Primary School with Danielle last Friday. She did different assemblies for the two different age groups, came out and got involved with our closing ceremony, gave out prizes, signed books and let children wear her medals. She was very humble and inspiring." - Tom, Hartford Primary School
- 2019 - Inducted into the British University and College Sport's Hall of Fame
- 2014 - Awarded Freedom of the City of London
- 2013 - Made Freewoman of the District of Craven
- 2013 - Awarded an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Leicester & had the Leicester University sports centre named after her - Danielle Brown Sports Centre
- 2013 - Appointed MBE in the New Year Honours for Services to Archery
- 2012 - Gold medallist in the Women's Individual Compound at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
- 2010 - Gold medallist in the Women's Individual Compound at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- 2008 - Gold medallist in the Women's Individual Compound at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games
