1. Sally Gunnell 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.
Sally Gunnell was named World and European Female Athlete of the Year in 1993, and was made an MBE in 1993 and an OBE in 1998.
Sally Gunnell was born in Chigwell, Essex, England to Les and Rosemary Sally Gunnell, and grew up on the family's three-hundred-acre farm and attended the local primary and West Hatch High schools in Chigwell.
Sally Gunnell started out in athletics with the Essex Ladies club as an accomplished long jumper and heptathlete, before specialising in hurdling.
Sally Gunnell would remain the UK number one in the event over the next four seasons and reach the semi-finals at the 1987 World Championships and 1988 Olympics in the event.
Sally Gunnell first attempted the 400 m hurdles event in 1987, with a 59.9 clocking.
In 1989, Sally Gunnell won the European Indoor title at 400 metres.
Sally Gunnell entered into the best phase of her career in 1991, improving her own three-year-old UK record three times.
Sally Gunnell won the 400 m hurdles at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, running 53.23 to defeat Sandra Farmer-Patrick.
Sally Gunnell was the first female 400 metres hurdler to have won the Olympic and World titles and broken the world record, a feat since achieved by both Dalilah Muhammad and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone.
In 1994, Sally Gunnell added the European title to her collection, winning comfortably in 53.33.
Sally Gunnell won the Goodwill Games ahead of Kim Batten, successfully defended her Commonwealth title and won the World Cup title in London.
Sally Gunnell missed most of 1995 due to injury, an injury from which she would never fully recover.
Sally Gunnell remains the only woman to have won the European, World, Commonwealth and Olympic 400-metre hurdles titles.
Sally Gunnell worked as a television presenter, predominantly for the BBC, until 2006.
Sally Gunnell co-hosted the game show Body Heat on ITV with Mike Smith and Jeremy Guscott.
Sally Gunnell won a Weakest Link Sporting Heroes Special, first broadcast on 25 July 2009 on BBC One.
Sally Gunnell took part in a celebrity version of TV show Total Wipeout which aired on 2 January 2010.
In 2011, Sally Gunnell was appointed Deputy Lieutenant of West Sussex.
In 2012, Sally Gunnell was one of five Olympians chosen as part of a series body-casting artworks by Louise Giblin exhibited in London and copies were being sold in aid of the charity Headfirst.
Sally Gunnell is married to fellow athlete Jonathan Bigg, and has three sons; Finley, Luca and Marley.