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
Sam Richardson (athlete) Sam Richardson (athlete) Samuel Richardson (November 17, 1917 – 1989) was a Canadian athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Toronto. In 1936 he was a member of the Canadian relay team which finished fifth in the Olympic 4x100 metre event. In the long jump competition he finished 14th and in the triple jump contest he finished 20th. At the 1934 British Empire Games he won the gold medal in the long jump event and the silver medal in the triple jump competition. Richardson was of African American descent and the son of a World