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Kelly Sotherton

1976 - Today

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Kelly Jade Sotherton (born 13 November 1976) is a British former heptathlete, long jumper and relay runner. In the heptathlon she was the bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics and, following the disqualification of two other athletes, also at the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as being part of the bronze medal-winning team in the Women's 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics (again, initially finishing 5th but upgraded after various subsequent doping disqualifications). As such she is one of only five women to win multiple medals in Olympic heptathlon. She also won a bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Kelly Sotherton is the 5,712th most popular athlete (up from 6,109th in 2024), the 7,904th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 8,027th in 2019) and the 191st most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Kelly Sotherton ranks 5,712 out of 6,025. Before her are Igor Francetić, Iván Raña, Adam Foote, Tove Alexandersson, Anton Källberg, and Matteo Zennaro. After her are Denis Gargaud Chanut, Serhiy Kulish, Sergei Semyonov, Peppe Femling, Orkhan Safarov, and Jenny Kallur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Kelly Sotherton ranks 1,264. Before her are Svetlana Grankovskaya, Hideaki Tominaga, Yukinori Shigeta, Luke Adams, Kosaku Masuda, and Matteo Zennaro. After her are Ra Kyung-min, Shane Doan, Elisa Aguilar, Lee Eun-sil, Chris Drury, and Michelle Ferris.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Kelly Sotherton ranks 7,906 out of 8,785. Before her are Alistair Carmichael (1965), Martin Cross (1957), Alexandra Burke (1988), Scarlxrd (1994), Bel Powley (1992), and Paul Dickov (1972). After her are Lady Sovereign (1985), John Bishop (1966), Simon Armitage (1963), Stewart McKimmie (1962), Zidane Iqbal (2003), and Pixie Lott (1991).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Kelly Sotherton ranks 191. Before her are Campbell Walsh (1977), Paul Ratcliffe (1973), Danny Talbot (1991), Sarah Stevenson (1983), Jason Gardener (1975), and Martin Cross (1957). After her are Janice Rankin (1972), Liz McColgan (1964), Kriss Akabusi (1958), Mark Lewis-Francis (1982), Alistair Brownlee (1988), and Shirley Robertson (1968).

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