Sally Gunnell

Sally Gunnell
OBE DL

Gunnell in 1995
Personal information
Full name	Sally Jane Janet Gunnell
Nationality	English
Born	(1966-07-29) 29 July 1966 (age 57)[1] Chigwell, Essex, England
Height	1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)[2]
Weight	57.5 kg (9 st 1 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	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, active between 1984 and 1997, who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles. During a golden 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, still ranks in the world all-time top ten (as of 2022) and is 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.