Shelley Holroyd Shelley Holroyd Shelley Holroyd (born 17 May 1973 in Salford, Lancashire, England) is a British javelin thrower. Holroyd is the sixth British javelin thrower to throw over 60 m (1993) and the first thrower to reach an Olympic Games since Tessa Sanderson. At the age of 23 she had already competed in every major championship. She started throwing at the age of 12 and at 13 threw 37m58cm to win the English Schools Championships. At the age of 16 Holroyd threw 52m50 and became a senior international athlete. In 1992 she broke the English Schools record with 56m50 and it
David Jones (athlete) 1963 during the GB v USA match. Holder of World Best performance over 150 yards in time of 13.9 secs in May 1961 at Southend-on-Sea, England. David was also part of the ITV Track & Field commentary team for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics David Jones (athlete) David Jones ("David Henry Jones;" born 11 March 1940) was a British athlete who competed in the 100 & 200 metres. He won three consecutive AAA tiles at 220 yards (1959–1961). He was educated at Felsted School He competed for Great Britain in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome in the 4 x