Sally Gunnell OBE
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Sally is the greatest female athlete this country has ever produced and the only woman in history to have ever concurrently held all four major championship gold medals - Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European as well as the World record. Sally started out on the athletics circuit with Essex Ladies' Club, initially as a long jumper and pentathlete, before switching to the 400m hurdles, where she had her most famous successes.
Sally quickly established herself as force to be reckoned with in British athletics and in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games she achieved the one missing piece from her already impressive trophy cabinet; an Olympic Gold medal.
Following her retirement in 1997, Sally moved from the track to the television studio and, after a spell with BBC Sport commentating on their athletics coverage, she moved to prime time television. In 2004 she teamed up with Colin Jackson as a mentor on the BBC1 sporting talent search show Born to Win fronted by Dermot O'Leary and she returned to our screens in 2006 in the BBC's hugely successful Marathon show, Run For Glory. The BBC were so thrilled with her newfound role that she was signed to appear in the BBC1 show, Only Fools on Horses in association with Sport Relief where she learnt the art of show jumping. Sally has recently started reporting on The One Show BBC1 and appeared on ITV's The Feel Good Factor mentoring a group of Police men and women, helping them to loose weight and get fit.
As an energetic mother of three, and former athlete, Sally is always keen to draw on her wealth of knowledge and experience to help inspire and encourage families to get active and healthy. She worked alongside Raisingkids.com and Crystal Holidays to promote this and in 2007, spurred on by her involvement in Run For Glory, she teamed up with Flora to head up their team of First Timers and take on the challenge of running the London Marathon. Sally acts as the lead ambassador for UK Athletics principal partner, McCain, working with them to encourage kids to get involved in athletics so they can lead active, healthy lifestyles and potentially become the champions of tomorrow. She also acts as a consultant and ambassador for the UK's leading active play organisation, Tumble Tots, working with them to help parents get their kids active in a fun and engaging way.
Speaking - Setting goals for success
Sally speaks candidly to her audiences, sharing her experiences and knowledge about getting the best from themselves. People have often told her that they find her story inspiring, not just because of her achievements, but because they feel that they, too, can go on to achieve more in life.
Nature or nurture? Sally can tell you that we all have the chance to take control of our lives. The issue is whether or not we choose to do so.
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