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Sally Gunnell

1966 - Today

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Sally Jane Janet Gunnell, OBE, DL (born 29 July 1966) is a British former track-and-field athlete, who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles. During a 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, 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 is still the current British record. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Sally Gunnell is the 5,472nd most popular athlete (down from 4,632nd in 2024), the 7,832nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,505th in 2019) and the 183rd most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sally Gunnell ranks 5,472 out of 6,025. Before her are Antonio Scaduto, Luka Grubor, Sascha Klein, Florian Müller, Petra Dallmann, and Ruslan Kurbanov. After her are Ruth Gbagbi, Mohammed Al-Khuwalidi, Krisztián Bártfai, David Jirka, Ingo Schultz, and Nassima Saifi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Sally Gunnell ranks 1,112. Before her are Paul Dolan, Danny Ferry, Shankar Balasubramanian, Bruce Gilley, Kay Kay Menon, and Kennedy McKinney. After her are Bassekou Kouyate, Susan Auch, Noam Elkies, Manish Malhotra, Renuka Shahane, and Adam Rifkin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sally Gunnell ranks 7,834 out of 8,785. Before her are Jonathan Marray (1981), Shayne Ward (1984), Neco Williams (2001), Jimi Mistry (1973), Andrew Symonds (1975), and Kele Okereke (1981). After her are Connie Talbot (2000), Stephen Constantine (1962), Tasha Danvers (1977), Andy O'Brien (1979), Mitch Hewer (1989), and Sam Bird (1987).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Sally Gunnell ranks 183. Before her are Stephen Jones (null), Ben Ainslie (1977), Luke Littler (2007), Michael Jung (null), Roger Black (1966), and Ian Wynne (1973). After her are Tasha Danvers (1977), Campbell Walsh (1977), Paul Ratcliffe (1973), Danny Talbot (1991), Sarah Stevenson (1983), and Jason Gardener (1975).

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