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Dame Kelly Holmes DBE OLY (born 19 April 1970) is a retired British middle distance athlete. 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 ...
Biography. 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 ...
Nov 14, 2023 · How Dame Kelly Holmes won her toughest race - to be herself, out and proud. Two dazzling images define truly golden moments in former athlete Kelly Holmes's life. The first is burned in...
Dame Kelly Holmes says she is "getting rid of that fear" as the Olympic champion reveals she is gay. In an interview with the Sunday Mirror, the 52-year-old said she was both nervous and...
Nov 14, 2023 · How Dame Kelly Holmes won her toughest race - to be herself, out and proud. 14 November 2023. By John Hand, BBC News. PA Media. Two dazzling images define truly golden moments in former athlete...
Jun 19, 2022 · Dame Kelly Holmes has announced she is gay, and says she has hidden it for 34 years. Speaking during Pride month, the two-time gold medallist said she realised she was gay at the age of 17 after kissing a fellow female soldier, and that her family and friends have known since 1997.
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.
Middle-distance runner who recovered from injury to claim double Olympic gold at the age of 34. Although she showed early promise as a runner, Kelly Holmes gave up the sport to join the army at the age of 18 and become British army judo champion.
Jun 19, 2022 · Britain's double Olympic champion Kelly Holmes received an outpouring of support from fellow Olympians after she announced she was gay in a newspaper interview.
Double Olympic champion Dame Kelly Homes has announced that she’s gay, after keeping her sexuality secret for 34 years.
