Sally Gunnell
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| Women's Athletics | ||
| Gold | 1992 | 400m Hurdles |
| Bronze | 1992 | 4 x 400 Relay |
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| World Championships | ||
| Silver | 1991 | 400m Hurdles |
| Gold | 1993 | 400m Hurdles |
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| European Championships | ||
| Gold | 1994 | 400m Hurdles |
Sally Jane Janet Gunnell, OBE (born July 29, 1966 in Chigwell, Essex, England) was a sprint and hurdling athlete and worked mainly as a television presenter predominantly for the BBC until January 2006.
Gunnell started out in athletics as an accomplished long jumper and pentathlete before turning to the sprints and hurdling and is the only woman to have held the European, World, Commonwealth and Olympic 400 metre hurdles titles at the same time.
Gunnell won the 400m hurdles at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona. She set the world record in the same event when she won gold in the 1993 World Championships. This record was broken by Kim Batten in 1995. Her defence of her Olympic title in Atlanta in 1996 was cut short as she pulled up in one of her races, injured.
In 1996 Sally worked as a Red Cross ambassador in Angola. In September 1997 Sally retired after a recurrence of an achilles tendon injury.
In 1998 Sally was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
She is married to fellow athlete Jonathan Bigg and has two children.
Achievements
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Event | Result | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Commonwealth Games | Edinburgh, Scotland | 100 m Hurdles | 1st | |
| 1989 | European Indoor Championships | The Hague, The Netherlands | 400 m | 1st | |
| European Cup | Gateshead, United Kingdom | 400 m | 1st | ||
| 1990 | Commonwealth Games | Auckland, New Zealand | 400 m Hurdles | 1st | |
| 100 m Hurdles | 2nd | ||||
| 1991 | World Championships | Tokyo, Japan | 400 m Hurdles | 2nd | |
| European Cup | Frankfurt, Germany | 400 m Hurdles | 1st | ||
| 1992 | Summer Olympics | Barcelona, Spain | 400 m Hurdles | 1st | |
| 4 x 400 m Relay | 3rd | ||||
| 1993 | World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | 400 m Hurdles | 1st | |
| 1993 | European Cup | Rome, Italy | 400 m Hurdles | 1st | |
| 1994 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 400 m Hurdles | 1st | |
| Commonwealth Games | Victoria, British Columbia, Canada | 400 m Hurdles | 1st | ||
| Goodwill Games | St. Petersburg, Russia | 400 m Hurdles | 1st | ||
| IAAF World Cup | London, United Kingdom | 400 m Hurdles | 1st | ||
| European Cup | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 400 m Hurdles | 1st |
| Olympic medalists in athletics (women) | Olympic Champions in Women's 400 m Hurdles |
| Nawal El Moutawakel | Debbie Flintoff-King | Sally Gunnell | Deon Hemmings | Irina Privalova | Fani Halkia |
| Olympic medalists in athletics (women) | British Olympic champions in women's athletics |
| 1964: Mary Rand (long jump) | 1964: Ann Packer (800m) | 1972: Mary Peters (pentathlon) | 1984: Tessa Sanderson (javelin) | 1992: Sally Gunnell (400m hurdles) | 2000: Denise Lewis (heptathlon) | 2004: Kelly Holmes (800m & 1500m) |