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词条 Sally Gunnell
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Athletics career

  3. Television

  4. Recognition

  5. Personal life

  6. National titles

  7. International competitions

  8. References

  9. External links

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Sally Jane Janet Gunnell {{post-nominals|country=GBR|OBE|DL}} (born 29 July 1966) is a British former track and field athlete who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal in the 400 m hurdles. She is the only female British athlete to have won Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles, and (as of 2017) is the only female 400 m hurdler in history to have won the Olympic and World titles and broken the world record. She also worked as a television presenter, predominantly for the BBC until January 2006.[3] She was made an MBE in 1993 and an OBE in 1998.

Early life

Gunnell was born in Chigwell, Essex, England to Les and Rosemary Gunnell, and grew up on the family's three hundred acre[4] farm and attended the local primary and West Hatch High schools in Chigwell.[5]

Athletics career

Gunnell started out in athletics with the Essex Ladies club[6] as an accomplished long jumper and heptathlete, before specialising in hurdling. In 1984, she narrowly missed Olympic selection at both heptathlon, with a score of 5680 points and in the 100 metres hurdles, where she set a UK junior record of 13.30 secs.

In 1986, having won the AAAs and UK titles, Gunnell won the Commonwealth Games gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles in Edinburgh, ahead of Wendy Jeal and 1984 Olympic heptathlon champion Glynis Nunn. She would remain the UK number one in the event over the next four seasons and reach the semi-finals at the 1987 World Championships and 1988 Olympics in the event.

Gunnell first attempted the 400 m hurdles event in 1987, with a 59.9 clocking. In 1988, in her first full season at the event, she would reach the Olympic final in Seoul. At the Olympic trials in Birmingham, she broke the UK record with 55.40. In Seoul she would improve this twice, first to 54.48 in the semis then to 54.03, to finish fifth in the final. This would remain her best time in the event for three years.

In 1989, Gunnell won the European Indoor title at 400 metres. Outdoors, she finished second in the 400 m hurdles at the European Cup behind East Germany's Petra Krug, but ahead of Olympic silver medallist Tatyana Ledovskaya. In September at the World Cup, she was third behind Sandra Farmer-Patrick of the USA and Ledovsakya, but this time ahead of Krug. In January 1990, she defeated 1988 Olympic champion Debbie Flintoff-King to win the Commonwealth title in Auckland. The 1990 summer season however was disappointing, when she only finished sixth at the European Championships.

Gunnell entered into the best phase of her career in 1991, improving her own three-year-old UK record three times. In Monte Carlo she ran 53.78, in Zurich she ran 53.63, then at the World Championships in Tokyo, she won the silver medal behind Ledovskaya with 53.16, the then third fastest time of all-time. Ledovskaya won with 53.11.

Gunnell won the 400 m hurdles at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, running 53.23 to defeat Sandra Farmer-Patrick.[7] She also anchored the British 4 × 400 m quartet to a bronze medal. In 1993, she reached her peak, when she set the world record in the 400 hurdles to win gold in the World Championships in Stuttgart, winning in 52.74, narrowly ahead of Farmer-Patrick who ran 52.79, also inside the old record.

This record was broken by Kim Batten in 1995, but is still the British record.

In 1994, Gunnell added the European title to her collection, winning comfortably in 53.33. She also won the Goodwill Games ahead of Kim Batten, successfully defended her Commonwealth title and won the World Cup title in London. 1994 was her third (and final) year as the world's number one. She missed most of 1995 due to injury, an injury from which she would never fully recover. Her defence of her Olympic title in Atlanta in 1996 was cut short when she pulled up injured in the semi-finals. This seemed a particularly cruel blow, as this race occurred on her 30th birthday.[8] Also in 1996, she worked as a Red Cross ambassador in Angola. In September 1997, she retired after a recurrence of an Achilles tendon injury forced her to pull out of the World Championships semi-final.

Gunnell remains the only woman to have won the European, World, Commonwealth and Olympic 400 metre hurdles titles.[9]

Gunnell is now involved as one of the ambassadors for McCain's Track & Field partnership with UK Athletics.[10]

Television

She was one of the four celebrity guests in the ITV's You Bet! – Series 7 (1993–94), co-winning with Michaela Strachan, donating her winnings to a charity working to find a cure for breast cancer. In 1997, she was the recipient of the "big red book" on the This is Your Life programme.

In summer 2006, she was a celebrity showjumper in the BBC's Sport Relief event Only Fools on Horses.[11] She also won a Weakest Link Sporting Heroes Special, first broadcast on Saturday 25 July 2009 on BBC One.

She took part in a celebrity version of TV show Total Wipeout which aired on 2 January 2010.

In 2012, Gunnell took part on ITV's The Cube and won £20,000 for her charity.

Recognition

In the 1993 New Year Honours, Gunnell was made an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) and in the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours, she was made an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire).[12] In 2011, Gunnell was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of West Sussex.[13]

In 2012 Sally was one of five Olympians chosen as part of a series body-casting artworks by Louise Giblin exhibited in London and copies being sold in aid of the charity Headfirst.[14]

Personal life

She is married to fellow athlete Jonathan Bigg, and has three sons; Finley, Luca and Marley. She lives in Steyning, in West Sussex, just outside Brighton.[15]

National titles

  • 7-times AAAs 100 m hurdles champion (1986-1989, 1991-1993)
  • 2-time AAAs 400 m hurdles champion (1988, 1996)
  • 2-time UK Champion - 100 m hurdles (1986) 400 m hurdles (1997)
  • 2-time AAAs Indoor Champion - 200 m (1987) 400 m (1988)

International competitions

Representing {{GBR2 / {{ENG
1983European Junior ChampionshipsSchwechat, Austria13thHeptathlon5395
1986Commonwealth GamesEdinburgh, Scotland1st100 m hurdles13.29
European ChampionshipsStuttgart, West Germany17th (h)100 m hurdles13.22 (wind: 0.0 m/s)
1987World ChampionshipsRome, Italysemi-final100 m hurdles13.06
1988European Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary4th400 m51.77
Olympic GamesSeoul, South Koreasemi-final100 m hurdles13.13
5th400 m hurdles54.03
6th4 × 400 m3:26.89
1989European Indoor ChampionshipsThe Hague, Netherlands1st400 m52.04
World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary6th400 m52.60
World CupBarcelona, Spain3rd400 m hurdles55.25
1990Commonwealth GamesAuckland, New Zealand2nd100 m hurdles13.12
1st400 m hurdles55.38
1st4 × 400 m3:28.08
European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, Scotland4th400 m53.38
European ChampionshipsSplit, Yugoslavia6th400 m hurdles55.45
3rd4 × 400 m3:24.78
1991World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan2nd400 m hurdles53.16
4th4 × 400 m3:22.01
1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain1st400 m hurdles53.23
3rd4 × 400 m3:24.23
1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany1st400 m hurdles52.74
3rd4 × 400 m3:23.41
1994European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland1st400 m hurdles53.33
4th4 × 400 m3:24.14
Commonwealth GamesVictoria, Canada1st400 m hurdles54.51
1st4 × 400 m3:27.06
World CupLondon, England1st400 m hurdles54.80
1st4 × 400 m3:27.36
1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United Statessemi-final400 m hurdlesDNF (55.29 in heat)
1997World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, Franceheats400 m53.05
6th4 × 400 m3:32.25
World ChampionshipsAthens, Greecesemi-final400 m hurdlesDNS (54.53 in heat)
Notes:
  • Represented Great Britain in all events excluding the Commonwealth Games, where she represented England and the 1989 World Cup, where she represented Europe.
  • DNS = did not start. DNF = did not finish

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Sally Gunnell|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/sally-gunnell-1.html|work=sports-reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|accessdate=9 February 2014}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Sally Gunnell|url=http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/sally-gunnell|work=teamgb.com|publisher=British Olympic Association|accessdate=9 February 2014}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-374122/BBC-undermined-I-quit-says-Gunnell.html|title=BBC undermined me so I quit, says Gunnell|author=Daily Mail|date=15 January 2006 | accessdate=1 September 2011}}
4. ^Running Tall, Sally Gunnell and Christopher Priest, Bloomsbury, 1994, pp. 25-6
5. ^{{cite web |url= http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2182502 |title=Me and my school photo: Sally Gunnell | Mail Online |first= Peter|last=Robertson|publisher=Daily Mail| work='weekend'| page= 6 |date=4 August 2012| location=UK}}
6. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20020203052918/http://website.lineone.net/~wgel/history.html ]
7. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20070907012103/http://www.britisholympians.com/athlete.aspx?at=1462]
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/essex/content/articles/2006/12/20/essex_at_20_sally_gunnell_feature.shtml |title=Essex - Features - Essex at 20: Sally Gunnell |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=2016-11-24}}
9. ^{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport3/commonwealthgames2002/hi/bbc_coverage/newsid_2056000/2056152.stm |title=BBC SPORT | Commonwealth Games 2002 | BBC Coverage | Sally Gunnell |publisher=BBC News |date=2002-07-18 |accessdate=2016-11-24}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://mccaintrackandfield.co.uk/meet-our-athletes/elite/sally-gunnell/|title=McCain Track & Field - Meet The Athletes: Sally Gunnell|first=|last=|work=mccaintrackandfield.co.uk|year=|accessdate=7 August 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914204909/http://www.mccaintrackandfield.co.uk/meet-our-athletes/elite/sally-gunnell/|archivedate=14 September 2011|df=dmy-all}}
11. ^{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_5060000/newsid_5062100/5062110.stm |title=CBBC Newsround | Sport | Celebs saddle up for Sport Relief |publisher=BBC News |date= |accessdate=2016-11-24}}
12. ^{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/06/98/queens_birthday_honours/111911.stm |title=Queens Birthday Honours | Sports stars share honours |publisher=BBC News |date=1998-06-13 |accessdate=2016-11-24}}
13. ^{{cite news|last=Walker|first=Tim|title=Sally Gunnell to be Queen's loyal lieutenant|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/queen-elizabeth-II/8816657/Sally-Gunnell-to-be-Queens-loyal-lieutenant.html|accessdate=11 October 2011|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|date=10 October 2011}}
14. ^{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.louisegiblin.co.uk/ |title=Louise Giblin body cast sculptor |website=Louisegiblin.co.uk |date= |accessdate=2016-11-24}}
15. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20001211134300/http://www.sportinglife.com/olympics/best_of_british/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=others%2F00%2F08%2F22%2FOLYMPICS_Gunnell.html ]

External links

  • Sally Gunnell Official Website
  • {{IMDb name|1109345}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.mtc-uk.com/talent/sally-gunnell/ |title=Sally Gunnell OBE - MTC |website=Mtc-uk.com |date=1994-06-26 |accessdate=2016-11-24}}
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