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
Dalip Singh (athlete) Dalip Singh (athlete) Dalip Singh Grewal (born 27 April 1899, date of death unknown) was an Indian track and field athlete who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics. He was born in Dolon Kalan, Punjab as Sikh and was the father of Balkrishan Singh. In 1924 he was eliminated in the qualification of the long jump competition and finished 14th overall. Four years later he finished 36th in the long jump event at the 1928 Olympics. To the late Brigadier Dalip Singh Jatt goes the credit of being the first Sikh to represent India