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      • An athletics hero At 34, she was the oldest woman to win either the 800m or the 1,500m, let alone both of them. Kelly Holmes continues to represent Great Britain’s sporting legacy abroad and campaigns for children’s sport.
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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Kelly_HolmesKelly Holmes - Wikipedia

    Dame Kelly Holmes DBE OLY [2] (born 19 April 1970) is a retired British middle distance athlete, TV presenter 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.

  4. www.bbc.co.uk › news › uk-67419586How Dame Kelly Holmes won her toughest race - to be ... - BBC

    Nov 14, 2023 · It crowned a career blighted by injury battles, depression and gutsy near-misses for a national hero who had combined the early years of her track career with a job in the Army.

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  6. www.bbc.com › news › uk-67419586How Dame Kelly Holmes won her toughest race - to be ... - BBC

    Nov 14, 2023 · Olympic golds made Kelly Holmes a hero - but she only felt confident enough to come out last year.

  7. worldathletics.org › news › articleKelly's a hero | News | Paris 24 | Olympic Games

    Aug 24, 2004 · A year later, by now 24 years old, Holmes won her first international medal, a silver, in the European 1500m. And in 1995 at the IAAF World Championships in Goteborg, Holmes was emulating one of those heroes she had watched on television as a kid when she managed to win medals at both 800 and 1500m. Lording it in Athens

  8. www.itv.com › loosewomen › articlesLife Before Loose: Dame Kelly Holmes on her early years, her ...

    Aug 30, 2024 · Life Before Loose: Dame Kelly Holmes on her early years, her Olympic success and finally finding herself. Friday 30 August 10:06am. Kelly shares what it was like growing up in the care system...

  9. www.damekellyholmestrust.org › dame-kelly-holmesDame Kelly Holmes — Dame Kelly Holmes Trust

    Kelly wanted to create a legacy from her athletics career that would benefit young people, believing every child needs a hero – someone to look up to and be inspired by.

  10. kellyholmes.co.uk › biographyBiography - Dame Kelly Holmes

    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 ...