Tessa Sanderson Tessa Sanderson Theresa Ione "Tessa" Sanderson, (born 14 March 1956) is an English former javelin thrower and heptathlete. A six-time Olympian in the javelin (1976–1996), she won the gold medal in 1984 for Great Britain, and in 1996 she became the second track and field athlete, after discus thrower Lia Manoliu, to compete at six Olympics. She is one of only five women in history to have thrown the javelin (old model) over 73 metres. She is the first black British woman to have won an Olympic gold medal. Sanderson was born in St Elizabeth, Jamaica of Ghanaian ancestry. She
Sanderson Field (Texas) for the men and as hangars for aircraft. The only permanent wood structures came in the summer of 1920 when Eagle Pass Field was closed and the buildings moved to Sanderson. The 90th Squadron arrived in November, with a detachment (A) operating from Eagle Pass Field. It flew de Havilland DH-4 aircraft, built in the United States, the type used as bombers during World War I in France. Almost immediately the patrols began. Operations from Sanderson consisted of patrols west, along the Rio Grande as far as Lajitas in the Big Bend, then turn and fly back. Eastbound patrols headed