Tessa Sanderson later emigrated to Wolverhampton, England. Member of Wolverhampton & Bilston Athletic Club coached initially in the progressive days by John Moogan, and, subsequently by National Track and Field Coach Wilf Paish. Sanderson was the UK's leading javelin thrower from the mid-1970s, winning silver in the 1978 European championships and gold in the Commonwealth Games three times (1978, 1986, 1990), but was eclipsed during the 1980s by the up-and-coming Fatima Whitbread, with whom she shared a long-standing rivalry. When Sanderson won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the javelin, becoming the first British woman ever to win Olympic
Bradley Thomas (athlete) Long Jump F44 event. In 2006 Thomas was inducted into the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame in recognition of his achievements in track and field. Bradley Thomas (athlete) Bradley James Thomas, OAM (born 1 April 1967) is an Australian Paralympic athlete who won four medals at three Paralympic Games from 1988 to 1996. Thomas was born in Hobart. He won a silver medal in the Men's Pentathlon A4A9 event at the 1988 Seoul Paralympics. He competed without winning any medals at the 1992 Barcelona Paralympics. At the 1996 Atlanta Games, He won a gold medal in the Men's 4x100 m