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
Clement Wilson (athlete) athlete for more than fifty years after his Olympic appearance. Clement Wilson (athlete) Clement Pierce Wilson (February 1, 1891 – April 7, 1983) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912 he was eliminated in the semi-finals of the 100 metre competition as well as of the 200 metre event. He was also a member of the American relay team which was disqualified in the semi-finals of the 4x100 metre relay competition after a fault with its first baton passing. He graduated from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where the "Clem