Tessa Sanderson gold in this event, her victory was quite unexpected. In the end, her career outlasted Whitbread's, and she competed at senior international level until 1996. Her best performance in the javelin was set in Edinburgh on 26 March 1983. Sanderson served as Vice-Chairman of Sport England from 1999 to 2005. She ran an academy in Newham, London that helped to find and train athletes to represent Britain in the 2012 Summer Olympics. In September 2009 Sanderson registered her own charity sports academy carrying on her work alongside the established Newham Sports Academy. The name of the charity is the Tessa
João N'Tyamba place from 1999 as his best finish. He competed in the marathon at two consecutive Olympic Games, placing seventeenth in 2000 and 53rd in 2004. N'Tyamba holds the Angolan records in 800 metres, 1000 metres, 1500 metres, 3000 metres, 10,000 metres, half marathon, and marathon. When N'Tyamba competed in the marathon at 2008 Olympics he became the first male track and field athlete to compete at six Olympics. The other track and field athletes who have competed at six Olympics are Merlene Ottey, Lia Manoliu, Tessa Sanderson, and Maria Mutola. João N'Tyamba João Baptista N'Tyamba (born March 20, 1968) is