British African-Caribbean people In general, Scott's achievements are only thinly documented, and she is largely unknown to the British public and historians of sport. Jamaican-born Tessa Sanderson became the first British African-Caribbean woman to win Olympic gold, receiving the medal for her javelin performance in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. Denise Lewis, of Jamaican heritage, won heptathlon gold in the 2000 Sydney Olympics, a games where 13 of Britain's 18 track and field representatives had Afro-Caribbean roots. Four years later in the Athens Olympics, Kelly Holmes, the daughter of a Jamaican-born car mechanic, achieved the rare feat of taking gold in both the
José Monteiro (athlete) José Monteiro (athlete) José Monteiro (Algarve) is a Paralympian athlete from Portugal competing mainly in category T46 middle distance events. José Monteiro competed in the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Australia. There he won a silver medal in the men's 800 metres - T46 event. He also competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece, finishing eighth in the men's 800 metres - T46 event and went out in the first round of the men's 1500 metres - T46 event. He also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China where he went out in the first round