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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 different languages on Wikipedia. Sally Gunnell is the 4,875th most popular athlete (down from 4,670th in 2019), the 7,652nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,507th in 2019) and the 175th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Sally Gunnell ranks 4,875 out of 6,025. Before her are Daniel Castro, Malcolm Page, Sascha Klein, Florian Müller, Petra Dallmann, and Ruslan Kurbanov. After her are Ruth Gbagbi, Nassima Saifi, Cao Yuan, Tasha Danvers, Kaillie Humphries, and Helena Fromm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Sally Gunnell ranks 893. Before her are Kevin Martin, Nancy McKeon, Roger Black, Danny Ferry, Bruce Gilley, and Kay Kay Menon. After her are Susan Auch, Noam Elkies, Renuka Shahane, Chet Culver, Don Goodman, and Mindy Cohn.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sally Gunnell ranks 7,654 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), Tasha Danvers (1977), Andy O'Brien (1979), Mitch Hewer (1989), Sam Bird (1987), and Ezri Konsa (1997).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Sally Gunnell ranks 175. Before her are Kathy Smallwood-Cook (1960), Phillips Idowu (1978), Stephen Jones (null), Ben Ainslie (1977), Michael Jung (null), and Roger Black (1966). After her are Tasha Danvers (1977), Ludmila (null), Danny Talbot (1991), Sarah Stevenson (1983), Jason Gardener (1975), and Martin Cross (1957).

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