Tessa Sanderson

Sanderson is the kind of athlete I most admire: not a one-meteor flash but a fixture across two decades. Competing at every Olympics from 1976 to 1996 demands a longevity that borders on the absurd, and her 1984 javelin gold made her the first Black British woman to win Olympic gold. That's not just a medal, it's a doorway held open for everyone who followed. The CBE feels almost like an afterthought next to that legacy. What stays with me is the quiet stubbornness it takes to keep throwing, season after season, long after most rivals have retired.

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Name (English)

Tessa Sanderson

Name (Japanese)

テッサ・サンダーソン

Reading

てっさ・さんだーそん

Born

March 14, 1956 (age 70)

Origin

Saint Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica

Height

168 cm

Occupation

javelin thrower

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Pisces / Monkey

Awards & achievements

• Commander of the Order of the British Empire

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessa%20Sanderson
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%83%83%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q242413

Tags

• javelin thrower

Last updated

September 29, 2026

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.