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Peter Ricketts

Ambassador to France from February 2012 to January 2016.

Part of Stay Ahead of the Games UK in France

3rd September 2012 Paris, France

The Greatest Paralympics Ever!

In this video, the British Ambassador to France, Sir Peter Ricketts, talks about the importance of the London Paralympic Games, which are the biggest Paralympics ever, with more than 4,000 athletes from 150 nations.

Sir Peter Ricketts also talks about the investments in the London public transport to increase accessibility and stresses how innovation in medical technologies and sport engineering can help people with disability.