Sally Gunnell

Sally Gunnell

Gunnell in 1995
Personal information
Full name	Sally Jane Janet Gunnell
Nationality	British
Born	(1966-07-29) 29 July 1966 (age 50) Chigwell, Essex, England
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Weight	57.5 kg (9 st 1 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	400 m hurdles
Club	Essex Ladies
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona 400 m hurdles 1992 Barcelona 4x400 m relay World Championships 1993 Stuttgart 400 m hurdles 1991 Tokyo 400 m hurdles 1993 Stuttgart 4x400 m relay Goodwill Games 1994 Saint Petersburg 400 m hurdles IAAF World Cup 1994 London 400 m hurdles 1994 London 4x400 m relay 1989 Barcelona 400 m hurdles European Championships 1994 Helsinki 400 m hurdles 1990 Split 4x400 m relay European Cup 1993 Rome 400 m hurdles 1994 Birmingham 400 m hurdles 1996 Madrid 400 m hurdles 1997 Munich 400 m hurdles 1989 Gateshead 400 m hurdles 1991 Frankfurt 400 m hurdles European Indoor Championships 1989 The Hague 400 m Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh 100 m hurdles 1990 Auckland 400 m hurdles 1990 Auckland 4x400 m relay 1994 Victoria 400 m hurdles 1994 Victoria 4x400 m relay 1990 Auckland 100 m hurdles

Sally Jane Janet Gunnell OBE DL (born 29 July 1966) is a British former track and field athlete who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal in the 400 m hurdles. She is the only female British athlete to have won Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles, and (as of 2014) is the only female 400 m hurdler in history to have won the Olympic and World titles and broken the world record. She also worked as a television presenter, predominantly for the BBC until January 2006. She was made an MBE in 1993 and an OBE in 1998.

Gunnell was born in Chigwell, Essex, England and grew up on her parents' farm and attended the local primary and West Hatch High schools in Chigwell.

Gunnell started out in athletics with the Essex Ladies club as an accomplished long jumper and heptathlete, before specialising in hurdling. In 1984, she narrowly missed Olympic selection at both heptathlon, with a score of 5680 points and in the 100 metres hurdles, where she set a UK junior record of 13.30 secs.

In 1986, having won the AAAs and UK titles, Gunnell won the Commonwealth Games gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles in Edinburgh, ahead of Wendy Jeal and 1984 Olympic heptathlon champion Glynis Nunn. She would remain the UK number one in the event over the next four seasons and reach the semi-finals at the 1987 World Championships and 1988 Olympics in the event.

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