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
Sanderson Field (Texas) as far as the Devil’s River, then returned. As the unrest in Mexico died down by the middle of 1921, the 90th reunited and moved back to Kelly Field in July. The history of the airfield after this point is unknown, and it was apparently abandoned, the land redeveloped as part of the city of Sanderson. Sanderson Field (Texas) Sanderson Field is a former military airfield, located in Sanderson, Texas. It was used by the 90th Squadron (Surveillance) (Later Attack) between 1919 and 1921. Sanderson Field was established by the Air Service, United States Army in 1919. The 464th Aero