Dame Kelly Holmes

Dame Kelly Holmes MBE is a retired British middle-distance runner who won Olympic gold in the 800m and 1500m at the 2004 Athens Games, becoming the first British runner in over 80 years to achieve this double. She holds British records in the 800m and 1000m and has won multiple medals across Olympic, Commonwealth, European and World championships (seven gold, eight silver, four bronze). Before pursuing professional athletics from age 12, she later left competitive running at 18 to join the British Army, serving as an HGV driver and Physical Training Instructor, and was awarded an MBE in 1998.