(1956-03-14) 14 March 1956 (age 68) St Elizabeth, Colony of Jamaica
Years active
1973–1997
Sport
Sport
Athletics
Event
Javelin throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best
73.58 m (241.4 ft) (1983)
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles
Javelin
European Championships
1978 Prague
Javelin
Representing England
Commonwealth Games
1978 Edmonton
Javelin
1986 Edinburgh
Javelin
1990 Auckland
Javelin
Theresa Ione SandersonCBE (born 14 March 1956) is a British former javelin thrower. She appeared in every Summer Olympics from 1976 to 1996, winning the gold medal in the javelin throw at the 1984 Olympics. She was the second track and field athlete to compete at six Olympics, and the first Black British woman to win an Olympic gold medal.
Sanderson won gold medals in the javelin throw at three Commonwealth Games (1978, 1986 and 1990) and at the 1992 IAAF World Cup. She was runner-up at the 1978 European Athletics Championships, and competed in three world championships (1983, 1987, and 1997). Sanderson was UK National Champion three times and AAA National Champion in amateur athletics ten times. She set five Commonwealth records and ten British national records in the javelin, as well as records at the junior and masters levels. During her career, Sanderson had a rivalry with fellow Briton Fatima Whitbread, who took the bronze in the 1984 Olympics.
Outside athletics, Sanderson has made several guest television appearances, and was a sports reporter for Sky News when it began broadcasting in 1989. Sanderson was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1985 and became a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2004 New Years Honours. She was Vice-chair of Sport England from 1999 to 2005, and later established the Tessa Sanderson Foundation and Academy, which aims to encourage young people and people with disabilities to take up sport.
the TessaSanderson Foundation and Academy, which aims to encourage young people and people with disabilities to take up sport. Theresa Ione Sanderson was...
had a well-publicised rivalry with another British javelin athlete, TessaSanderson. Whitbread's later career was affected by a long-term shoulder injury...
businesswoman Tessa Ross (born 1961), English film producer TessaSanderson (born 1956), British javelin thrower and heptathlete Tessa Schram (born 1988)...
He applied repeatedly to be taken on by ITV and In 1992 his friend TessaSanderson recommended him to the producer of the Thames TV health education series...
is a nephew of the 1984 Olympic javelin gold medallist TessaSanderson. In April 2024, Sanderson was charged with drink-driving. As of end of 2023–24 season...
TessaSanderson CBE (born 14 March 1956) is a British former javelin thrower. She appeared in every Olympics from 1976 to 1996, winning the gold medal...
TessaSanderson appeared in every Summer Olympics from 1976 to 1996, winning the gold medal in the javelin at the 1984 Olympics. She was the first Black...
Jamaicans have contributed significantly to UK sporting successes. TessaSanderson won javelin gold at the 1984 Summer Olympics and is the only British...
Edinburgh Award: Toyah Willcox Barry McGuigan Christopher Reeve Steve Cram TessaSanderson Sarah Hardcastle John Cleese Michael Ball Nicholas Lyndhurst Dame Kiri...
Show 4 (1 February 1985) - Roy Walker, Janet Brown, Fred Housego, TessaSanderson, Bobby Davro, Patricia Hayes Show 5 (8 February 1985) - Tony Blackburn...
Swap. When questioned about his controversial comments by swappee TessaSanderson, he refused to discuss it. Atkinson brought out an autobiography 60...
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Burton narrates match day 1980 (Steff) It counts because it namechecks TessaSanderson and Victor Ubogu. The funniest video I have seen for years (Elis) Ken...
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Seven"-style feature – those six being Mary Rand, Ann Packer, Mary Peters, TessaSanderson, Sally Gunnell and Denise Lewis.[citation needed] All information taken...
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position of third. Olympic Medallists in athletics Sonia Lannaman and TessaSanderson lived within the city. Wolverhampton Wheelers is the city's oldest...
Gina Yashere, Saira Choudhry, Lemar, Ross Adams, Philip Olivier, TessaSanderson, Chris Boardman, Ade Adepitan, Danny Crates, Karen Darke, Sarah Storey...
Made Simple, which engageds audiences with the physical sciences. TessaSanderson (born 1956) – gold medallist in the javelin throw, 1984 Summer Olympics...
equalling the British record set by fencer Bill Hoskyns and athlete TessaSanderson in competing in six consecutive Summer Olympic Games. Williamson did...
Jamaican-born MLS and Jamaica national football team football player TessaSanderson, Jamaican-born former British Javelin gold medalist and Heptathlon...
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