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Kelly Holmes
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British middle distance athlete and Olympic gold medallist
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1970-04-19 ) 19 April 1970 (age 56) , Pembury , Kent, England
- Height
- 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
- Website
- kellyholmes .co .uk
- Allegiance
- United Kingdom
- Branch
- British Army , Women's Royal Army Corps (1988–1992), Adjutant General's Corps (1992–1997)
- Service years
- 1988–1997
- Rank
- Sergeant
- Country
- Great Britain , England
- Sport
- Running
- Event s
- 800 metres , 1500 m
- Club
- Middlesex Ladies / ESM
- Personal bests
- 800 m : 1:56.21 ( Monaco 1995) 1500 m : 3:57.90 ( Athens 2004) Indoors 800 m : 1:59.21 Indoors</span>"}]]}'>i ( Ghent 2003)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kelly
- Family name
- Holmes
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Pembury
- Occupation
- middle-distance runner
- Educated at
- Sheffield Hallam University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Participant in
- 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Country for sport
- United Kingdom
- Mass
- 55
- Military branch
- British Army
- Official website
- kellyholmes.co.uk
- Image
- Kelly Holmes at Athens 2004 cropped.jpg
- Height
- 163
- Residence
- Hildenborough
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- Commons category
- Kelly Holmes
- date of birth
- 1970-04-19
- sports discipline competed in
- middle-distance running
- social media followers
- 140774
- sexual orientation
- lesbianism
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Encyclopedic overview
Dame Kelly Holmes (born 19 April 1970) is a retired British middle distance athlete and television personality.
Holmes specialised in the 800 and 1500 metres events and won gold medals for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She set British records in numerous events and still holds the records over the 600, and 1000 metre distances. She held the British 800 metre record until 2021.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kelly Holmes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.