Britains Pride Kelly Holmes By Anette Jrve Prnu

Britain`s Pride- Kelly Holmes By Anette Järve Pärnu Co- Educational Gymnasium Form 10 A

Britain`s Pride Kelly Holmes is a retired English middle- distance athlete. Her career has been very outstanding and she is well- known all over the world. She has bravely come through many difficulties and injuries. With her willpower and hard work Kelly has inspired and been an idol for thousands or even millions of people. She has given a lot to British sport.

Some facts about Kelly n n n Name: Dame Kelly Holmes Birth date: 19 April 1970 Birth place: Pembury, Kent Career: International running career 19932005 Brightest achievement: two gold Olympic medals from Athens 2004

Kelly and the Olympics n 1996 Atlanta 800 m 4 th n 2000 Sydney 800 m Bronze n 2004 Athens 800 m and 1500 m Gold Watch how Kelly did it in Athens ! http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=Gh 8 YDdj. IMFs

Atlanta 1996 Athens 2004 Sydney 2000

Some other important achievements n n n n 1994 Gold Commonwealth Games 1500 m 1995 Silver and Bronze 800 m World Championships; British records at 800 m and 1000 m 2001 Silver 800 m Goodwill Games 2002 Gold 1500 m Commonwealth Games 2003 Silver 800 m and 1500 m World Championships 2004 1 st World Athletics Final- 1500 m; European Athlete of the Year 2005 Winner of the Laureus World Sports Woman of the Year Award 2006 Made the National School Sports Champion

Kelly´s 5 components of motivation that helped her achieve ultimate success: DIRECTION n INTENSITY n PERSISTENCE n CONTINUITY n PERFORMANCE n Kelly Holmes is crowned Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award in recognition of her double Olympic golds

Did you know that. . . n n n . . . before Kelly took up athletics she did Judo and ballet. . she started running when she was 12 years old after being encouraged by her PE teacher. . in July 2008 Kelly published her autobiography “Black White and Gold”. She is also an author of three other books. . she is a director of Double Gold Enterprises Ltd and a book company Big Park Books. . she has set up a training programme for girls called “On Camp with Kelly” where they train a group of potential Olympic champions. . Kelly turned away from athletics for a while as she wanted to join the Army.

The cover of Kelly`s autobiography Kelly Holmes outside Buckingham Palace after being awarded the title of Dame Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by The Queen in March 2005 At the Olympic`s awarding ceremony

About London Olympics 2012 “The Olympics gives so many people the chance to be really involved and that is my hope for 2012 - that everybod will feel part of it. ” “It’ll put the ‘Great’ back into Great Britain and it will help shape sport for the future. It’s a big chance for Britain. ” “Athletes, volunteers, children, grandparents, I think it’s the type of event that will stand up and get the whole of Britain watching and taking notice. ”

"Everything I've ever dreamed of has come true. " Kelly Holmes Thank you for your attention!