jaanika tamar 12 a. born on april 19, 1970 father derrick holmes, mother pam norman and...
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Jaanika Tamar12 A
Born on April 19, 1970 Father Derrick Holmes, mother Pam
Norman and step-father Michael Norris 3 brothers, 2 sisters Hugh Christie Comprehensive School Started training at the age of 12 Joined Athletics Club The University of Greenwich Hero Sebastian Coe
Joined the British Army at the age of 18 Women’s Royal Army Corps The Adjutant General’s Corps British Army judo champion Competed in Army athletics events
2004 in Athens Injuries and
suicidal thoughts 1500 m and 800
m The 7th British
woman to win an athletics gold
2nd to win the 800 m and 1500 m at the same time
The Commonwealth Games: 2 golds, 1 silver
The European Cup: 2 golds, 2 silver Summer Olympics: 2 golds, 1 bronze The European Championships: 1 silver, 1
bronze The World Championships: 3 silver, 1
bronze
200 m – 24.8 400 m – 53.8 600 m – 1.25.41 800 m – 1.56.21 1000 m – 2.32.55 1500 m – 3.57.90 1 mile – 4.28.04 3 km – 9.01.91 10 km – 34.54
The honour of carrying the British flag
Home-coming parade
BBC Sports Personality of the Year
The honour by the Queen
Retired in 2005 Vice President of
the Women’s Sports Foundation
Ambassador for London 2012
Patron of several charities
She is 1.64 m tall The P&O Cruise
ship Reference in the
“Doctor Who” episode
Written her auto- biography
DKH Legacy Trust