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
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