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Who was the only woman to win a gold for Britain in the 1984 Summer Olympics?
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#98866. Asked by nibbles0011. (Aug 25 08 9:50 AM)
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Theresa ("Tessa") Ione Sanderson
When Sanderson won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in the javelin, becoming the first British black woman ever to win Olympic gold, her victory was quite unexpected. In the end, her career outlasted Whitbread's, and she competed at senior international level until 1996. She served as Vice-Chairman of Sport England from 1999 to 2005.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessa_Sanderson
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