Shelley Holroyd record holder Hayley Thomas (javelin). 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
Tessa Sanderson Commander (CBE) in the 2004 New Year's Honours for her services to Sport England. Sanderson is an honorary graduate of the University of Wolverhampton and was made an Honorary Fellow of London South Bank University in 2004. In 2004 Sanderson was awarded a Sunday Times Lifetime Achievement Award. There is a housing estate named after her in her adopted home town of Wednesfield: Sanderson Park. It is located in the vicinity of the playing fields of her former school, Wards Bridge High School. There is also a road named after her in Wandsworth, South London: Tessa Sanderson Place. On 1