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
Casey Tibbs (athlete) Casey Tibbs (athlete) Casey Tibbs is a Paralympian athlete from America competing mainly in category P44 pentathlon events. He competed in the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. There he won a gold medal in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay - T42-46 event, a silver medal in the men's Pentathlon - P44 event and finished fifth in the men's 400 metres - T44 event. He also competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. There he won a gold medal in the men's 4 x 100 metre relay - T42-46 event, a bronze medal in the men's