Kelly holmes biography

  • Kelly holmes children
  • Dame kelly holmes partners
  • Dame kelly holmes net worth

    • •

    Kelly Holmes

    British middle-distance runner (born 1970)

    Dame Kelly Holmes (born 19 April 1970) is a retired British middle distanceathlete and television personality.

    Holmes specialised in the 800 metres and 1,500 metres events and won gold medals for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She set British records in numerous events and still holds the records over the 600, and 1,000 metre distances. She held the British 800 metre record until 2021.

    Inspired by a number of successful British middle-distance runners in the early 1980s, Holmes began competing in middle-distance events in her youth. She joined the British Army, but continued to compete at the organisation's athletics events. She turned to the professional athletics circuit in 1993 and in 1994 she won the 1,500 m at the Commonwealth Games and took silver at the European Championships. She won a silver and a bronze medal at the 1995 Gothenburg World Championships, but suffered from various in

    •

    Kelly Holmes’ career as a middle-distance runner has been a testament to her perseverence. Frequently hampered by injuries, she starred as a runner while an English schoolgirl but joined the Army at 18, where she played on the volleyball and judo teams, and did not breakthrough to world class until 1993. She won the Commonwealth Games 1,500 metres in 1994 and 2002, which were her major international achievements until the 2004 Olympic Games. But at Athens she became only the third female runner to win the 800 and 1,500 metres at the same Olympics, despite not being favored in either event. At the end of 2004, Lady Kelly Holmes was made a dame for her efforts.

    Personal Bests: 800 – 1:56.21 (1995); 1500 – 3:57.90 (2004).

    Results

    GamesDiscipline (Sport) / EventNOC / TeamPosMedalAs
    1996 Summer OlympicsAthleticsGBRKelly Holmes
    800 metres, Women(Olympic)4
    1,500 metres, Women(Olympic)11
    2000 Summer OlympicsAthleticsGBRKelly Holmes
    800 m

    •

    Double Olympic Champion Col. Dame Kelly Holmes MBE (mil) is one of the UK’s most popular athletes, respected throughout the world as a role model and an inspiration.

    Setting and still holding the British records in the 800m and 1000m, Kelly is an Olympic, Commonwealth and European champion that has achieved seven Gold, eight Silver and four Bronze medals throughout her career. This includes her double win in the 800m and 1500m at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, becoming the first Briton in over 80 years to do so. After her Olympic success, she won BBC Sports Personality of the Year, European Athlete of the Year and was honoured with a Damehood from the Queen.

    Kelly was raised by her mum on a council estate in Kent. She attended the local secondary school where, due to the belief and support of her PE teacher, she pursued her talent at running. Ferried to race meetings up and down the country by her family, she knows the importance of having a supportive team.

    At 18, Kelly lef

  • kelly holmes biography