Auction 43 Autograph Auction Entertainment Music Sport Historic Military Photos FDCs
By Chaucer Auctions
Sep 23, 2022
Unit 1, Bowles Well Gardens, Folkestone, Kent, CT19 6PQ

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LOT 23:

Athletics Sally Gunnell signed Commonwealth Games XIII commemorative FDC PM Commonwealth Games Mac Edinburgh 15 ...


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Athletics Sally Gunnell signed Commonwealth Games XIII commemorative FDC PM Commonwealth Games Mac Edinburgh 15 Jul. Sally Jane Janet Gunnell OBE DL (born 29 July 1966) is a British former track and field athlete, active between 1984 and 1997, who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles. During a golden 24-month period between 1992 and 1994, Gunnell won every international event open to her, claiming Olympic Games, World Championship, European Championship, Commonwealth Games, Goodwill Games, IAAF World Cup and European Cup golds in the event, and breaking the British, European and World records in it. She is the only female British athlete to have won all four 'majors'; Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles ] and was the first female 400 metres hurdler in history to win the Olympic and World titles and break the world record. Her former world record time of 52. 74 secs in 1993, remained in the world all-time top ten until 2021 and is the current British record. She was named World and European Female Athlete of the Year in 1993, and was made an MBE in 1993 and an OBE in 1998. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99