Sally Gunnell

Sally Gunnell
OBE DL
Gunnell in 1995
Personal information
Full nameSally Jane Janet Gunnell
NationalityEnglish
Born (1966-07-29) 29 July 1966 (age 58)[1]
Chigwell, Essex, England
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in)[2]
Weight57.5 kg (9 st 1 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event400 m hurdles
ClubEssex Ladies
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona 400 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona 4x400 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1993 Stuttgart 400 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 1991 Tokyo 400 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Stuttgart 4x400 m relay
Goodwill Games
Gold medal – first place 1994 Saint Petersburg 400 m hurdles
IAAF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1994 London 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1994 London 4x400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 1989 Barcelona 400 m hurdles
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1994 Helsinki 400 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Split 4x400 m relay
European Cup
Gold medal – first place 1993 Rome 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1994 Birmingham 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1996 Madrid 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1997 Munich 400 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 1989 Gateshead 400 m hurdles
Silver medal – second place 1991 Frankfurt 400 m hurdles
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1989 The Hague 400 m
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Edinburgh 100 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1990 Auckland 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1990 Auckland 4x400 m relay
Gold medal – first place 1994 Victoria 400 m hurdles
Gold medal – first place 1994 Victoria 4x400 m relay
Silver medal – second place 1990 Auckland 100 m hurdles
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Sally Jane Janet Gunnell OBE DL (born 29 July 1966) is a British former track-and-field athlete, active between 1984 and 1997, who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles. During a 24-month period between 1992 and 1994, Gunnell won every international event open to her, claiming Olympic Games, World Championship, European Championship, Commonwealth Games, Goodwill Games, IAAF World Cup and European Cup golds in the event, and breaking the British, European and World records in it. She is the only female British athlete to have won all four 'majors'; Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles,[3] and was the first female 400 metres hurdler in history to win the Olympic and World titles and break the world record. Her former world record time of 52.74 secs in 1993 is still the current British record. She was named World and European Female Athlete of the Year in 1993, and was made an MBE in 1993 and an OBE in 1998.

  1. ^ "Sally Gunnell". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Sally Gunnell". teamgb.com. British Olympic Association. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  3. ^ Sophie Hahn and Hannah Cockroft have won Paralympic, World Para, European Para and Commonwealth Games gold.