Tessa Sanderson gold in this event, her victory was quite unexpected. In the end, her career outlasted Whitbread's, and she competed at senior international level until 1996. Her best performance in the javelin was set in Edinburgh on 26 March 1983. Sanderson served as Vice-Chairman of Sport England from 1999 to 2005. She ran an academy in Newham, London that helped to find and train athletes to represent Britain in the 2012 Summer Olympics. In September 2009 Sanderson registered her own charity sports academy carrying on her work alongside the established Newham Sports Academy. The name of the charity is the Tessa
Albert Hill (athlete) Albert Hill (athlete) Albert George Hill (24 March 1889 – 8 January 1969) was a British track and field athlete. He competed at the 1920 Olympics and won gold medals in the 800 m and 1500 m and a silver medal in the 3000 m team race. Hill started out as a long-distance runner, winning the British AAA championships over 4 miles in 1910. During World War I he served with the Royal Flying Corps in France, and after the war changed to middle-distance running. Coached by Sam Mussabini (coach of 100 m Olympic Champions Reggie Walker and Harold Abrahams),