33 Reasons To Be Proud To Be Welsh

Croeso i Gymru!

We invented the NHS.

We invented the NHS.

The NHS was devised in 1948 by Tredegar's very own Aneurin Bevan. And we're still passionate about health access for all — since 2007, prescriptions in Wales have been free for everyone.

Source: thebackbencher.co.uk

We've got our own language, and we actually use it.

We've got our own language, and we actually use it.

It's even spoken in Patagonia.

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We produce world-class athletes.

We produce world-class athletes.

Tanni-Grey Thompson held over 30 world records, won 11 Paralympic gold medals and 6 London Marathons. Tom James won gold at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics as part of GB's Coxless four. Colin Jackson was three-times 110m hurdles World Champion, and held the World Record for over a decade.

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Gareth Bale, so good he wasn't allowed use his left foot at school.

Gareth Bale, so good he wasn't allowed use his left foot at school.

"There were games when we only allowed Gareth to use his right foot," said Gwyn Morris, Bale's school P.E. teacher. "We’d say, 'Any touch of the left foot is a free kick to the opposition'."

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