Who were the former British female Olympians?
Doyle Yost
2025-05-27 08:18:01
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Mary Rand broke the British long-jump record with her first jump and then shattered the world record to scoop gold at the 1964 Games in Tokyo. Mary’s triumph inspired her room mate, Ann Packer, to run the race of her life in the 800 metres event less than a week later. British athlete Mary Peters was 33 by the time of the 1972 Munich Olympics and knew that the Games offered her last realistic chance of winning a gold medal. Sally Gunnell raced to gold in the 400m hurdles at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Kelly Holmes achieved this amazing double at the Athens games of 2008, winning the 800m and 1500m Olympic titles.
Rebecca Adlington is another Great British athlete to have struck double gold at an Olympic Games – triumphing in the 400m and 800m races. 18 years after Mary Peters won her gold medal, Denise Lewis won her gold by contesting seven events. Victoria’s father, Max Pendleton, was a national grass-track cycling champion and his daughter achieved even greater glory by winning Olympic Gold in the individual sprint competition at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. After winning a bronze medal in the 1984 Games, Fatima Whitbread went one better four years’ later at Seoul. Tessa Sanderson picked up a gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
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