Sally Gunnell

Sally Gunnell, OBE, DL
Gunnell in 1995
Personal information
Full nameSally Jane Janet Gunnell
NationalityEnglish
Born (1966-07-29) 29 July 1966
Chigwell, Essex, England
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Weight57.5 kg (9 st 1 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
400 m hurdles
ClubEssex Ladies
Medal record
Women's Athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona 400 m hurdles
1992 Barcelona 4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
1993 Stuttgart 400 m hurdles
1991 Tokyo 400 m hurdles
1993 Stuttgart 4 × 400 m relay
Goodwill Games
1994 Saint Petersburg 400 m hurdles
IAAF World Cup
1994 London 400 m hurdles
1994 London 4 × 400 m relay
1989 Barcelona 400 m hurdles
European Championships
1994 Helsinki 400 m hurdles
1990 Split 4 × 400 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 4 × 400 m relay
1994 Victoria 400 m hurdles
1994 Victoria 4 × 400 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, 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. 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.