Shelley Holroyd record holder Hayley Thomas (javelin). Shelley Holroyd Shelley Holroyd (born 17 May 1973 in Salford, Lancashire, England) is a British javelin thrower. Holroyd is the sixth British javelin thrower to throw over 60 m (1993) and the first thrower to reach an Olympic Games since Tessa Sanderson. At the age of 23 she had already competed in every major championship. She started throwing at the age of 12 and at 13 threw 37m58cm to win the English Schools Championships. At the age of 16 Holroyd threw 52m50 and became a senior international athlete. In 1992 she broke the English Schools
Tessa Sanderson London. Sanderson organised and was associated with the Redbridge 10k on 24 July 2011, which was the first ever run in the Borough of Redbridge. In 1984, Sanderson made an appearance on "Bullseye". Starting in the late 80s she starred in a number of fitness videos alongside Derrick Evans. In the 1990s she worked as a sports reporter for Sky News, and appeared alongside Cilla Black as a co-host on ITV's "Surprise Surprise". In 2005, she took part in the one-off special, "Strictly African Dancing", as part of the "Africa Lives" season on the BBC. She was voted into third