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Sally Gunnell OBE is the greatest female athlete this country has ever produced and the only woman in history to have ever concurrently held all four major championship gold medals - Olympic, World, Commonwealth and European as well as the World record.

Sally started out on the athletics circuit with Essex Ladies' Club, initially as a long jumper and pentathlete, before switching to the 400m hurdles, where she had her most famous successes.  Sally quickly established herself as a force to be reckoned with in British athletics and in 1992 at the Barcelona Olympic Games she achieved the one missing piece from her already impressive trophy cabinet; an Olympic Gold medal.

Following her retirement in 1997, Sally moved from the track to the television studio and, after a spell with BBC Sport commentating on their athletics coverage, she moved to prime time television.  In 2004 she teamed up with Colin Jackson as a mentor on the BBC1 sporting talent search show Born to Win fronted by Dermot O'Leary and she returned to our screens in 2006 in the BBC's hugely successful Marathon show, Run For Glory. The BBC were so thrilled with her newfound role that she was signed to appear in the BBC1 show, Only Fools on Horses in association with Sport Relief where she learnt the art of show jumping.  Sally also had a stint reporting on BBC1's The One Show and appeared on ITV's The Feel Good Factor mentoring a group of Police men and women, helping them to loose weight and get fit.

As an energetic mother of three, and former athlete, Sally is always keen to draw on her wealth of knowledge and experience to help inspire and encourage families to get active and healthy.  In 2006 she worked alongside Raisingkids.com and Crystal Holidays to promote this and in 2007, spurred on by her involvement in Run For Glory, she teamed up with Flora to head up their team of First Timers and take on the challenge of running the London Marathon.  On a hot Sunday in April, Sally completed her first ever marathon in an impressive time of 3 hours 50 mins.  Continuing the active families theme, Sally acts as the lead ambassador for UK Athletics principal partner, McCain, working with them to encourage kids to get involved in athletics so they can lead active, healthy lifestyles and potentially become the champions of tomorrow.  She also acts as a consultant and ambassador for the UK's leading active play organisation, Tumble Tots, working with them to help parents get their kids active in a fun and engaging way.

As well as this, Sally still finds time to spearhead charity events such as Cancer Research UK's Race for Life and continues to fulfil her role as figurehead for the British Heart Foundation where she is involved in a number of their key initiatives.

Recently voted one of the country's top ten Olympic heroes in a public poll by the National Lottery company Camelot, Sally is a popular, inspirational and motivational corporate speaker.  Approachable and down-to-earth, she not only tells her own incredible story but she works with businesses to help them get the very best out of their staff and show that with the right mindset, it is possible to achieve anything.

2009
The Feelgood Factor ITV - Mentor
The One Show BBC - Reporter

2008
Are You Smarter than a 10 Year Old Sky - contestant
Bargain Hunt BBC - contestant
Ready Steady Cook BBC - Contestant
Question of Sport BBC - Panelist

2007
Celebrity Masterchef BBC - Contestant

2006
Run for Glory - BBC
Only Fools on Horses (Sport Relief) - BBC

2005
Athletics Coverage BBC - Presenter
London Marathon BBC - Reporter

2004
Athletics Coverage - Commentator/Reporter - BBC
Athens Olympics
London Marathon

2003
Born to Win BBC - Mentor and Presenter
Athletics coverage BBC - Commentator/Reporter
London Marathon BBC - Reporter
Great North Run BBC - Reporter
Manchester Road Race BBC - Reporter
Silent Witness BBC - Cameo Role

2002
Athletics coverage BBC - Commentator/Reporter

2001
Athletics coverage BBC - Commentator/Reporter
Live Talk Granada - Presenter
12 episode Exercise strand, Well Being Channel - Series Presenter

2000
Athletics Olympic Games BBC - Commentator/Reporter
Health & Lifestyle GMTV - Presenter

1999
Athletics coverage BBC - Host Presenter
Peak Performance Ch4 - Host Presenter
Open House with Gloria Hunniford Ch5 - Health & Fitness Presenter

1998
Athletics Ch4 - Host Commentator 

MOTIVATIONAL / INSIRATIONAL SPEAKER
CORPORATE & AWARDS HOST

To view Sally Gunnell's Corporate Showreel, click on the video tab

Sally holds a place in the hearts of the nation as the most popular female sportswomen of our times, and our most successful. She is the only woman to hold four titles concurrently - Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth. Sally's unwavering motivation, dedication and self-belief that ensured her on-track success now inspires audiences everywhere...

 Style:

Sally is a confident and established speaker.  She moves freely around the stage with a relaxed yet focused approach.  Her natural, unassuming manner draws her audiences in so they immediately identify with her and make for a warm and truly inspirational presentation.

 Content:

Sally's standard presentation concentrates on her drive for success and how she adapted her training regime and life as a whole to ensure she would achieve her ultimate goal of Olympic Gold; the specific techniques she absorbed to ensure her body was finely tuned at exactly the right moment for the ultimate competition; the inevitable low points and how one can use mental power to overcome failure and use it to your advantage - these are the signs of a true winner.  Sally believes winning is 70% mental and 30% physical and offers insight into the strategies she employed to ensure she won and won again.  She relates all her experiences to the non-sporting world offering tips to improve everyday performance.  She also relates her experiences to her post competitive career and current goals.

 Sally's experience allows her to tailor her presentation to incorporate specific corporate messages. She has provided dedicated sessions on coaching and working with the team around you, work-life balance and maintaining excellence.  She can work closely to a brief bringing her competitive experience into a concise corporate message.  Her natural and relaxed demeanour also ensures she is an effective awards host.

 Key Points:

• Teamwork/the team around you,
• Focus & concentration,
• Motivation,
• Pressure at the top,
• Goal Setting,
• Competition & rivalry,
• The power of mental visualisation,
• Changing to ensure success,
• Attention to detail,
• Leadership (as women's team captain),
• Work/life balance.

Testimonials:

 "We were looking for a speaker who could inspire attendees at a conference, the main theme for which was: winning in the new environment. Sally did a great job in this capacity, as a living example and through the key messages in her speech. All in all, a great success!"
Brian Freidman, Ernst & Young

 "Sally, your talk has had a tremendous effect on the thousands of delegates who attended our conference. You were so relatable and you have inspired them to focus on their objectives and persist until they win. Thank you!!"
Consultant International, Business System.

 "Sally gave an inspiring presentation and the CSO team left the meeting feeling very motivated. It was valuable seeing how Sally related her experiences to the every day challenges in the workplace."
Rachael French, Communications Manager IBM Customer Support Operations

 "...You can take messages from Sally's speech without having to have the vision of winning an Olympic Gold and the message fitted extremely well with everything else we were doing during the 2-day conference.  On the evening itself a number of people mentioned how nice it was that Sally and her husband mingled quite happily and appeared very relaxed chatting to people in the bar prior to dinner and joined in conversations quite happily at the dinner table and afterwards.  Sally was very happy to have photographs taken and to sign autographs - again something that our guys appreciated.  From the point of view of the person who selected Sally as the speaker - I reckon I made a good choice!..."
Pam Norton, Synstar

 ‘On behalf of Rolls-Royce, I would like to thank you for your inspirational contribution to our conference. Your portrayal of the formation of your back-up team and the success that it subsequently brought you was very relevant to the theme of our conference. The conference delegates were delighted that, following the dinner, you gave your time for photo-calls and autographs, the finished the evening both inspired and thrilled!'
Nick Durham Rolls-Royce Plc

 "Sally is an accomplished speaker - her bright and bubbly personality combined with a quick and powerful style of delivery will enliven any event."
PruHealth

 Sally Gunnell provided a fantastic finale to our Women's Network conference.  Her talk was engaging and interesting, and was very well-received.  The story Sally told of perseverance and self-belief sent out an excellent message to the women of CBRE and I would highly recommend her as a speaker at any type of function.
Elizabeth Thetford, Executive Director EMEA Legal & Compliance, CB Richard Ellis Limited

 "We have received nothing but praise for the day which was a resounding success. Everybody who I have spoken to found your talk extremely motivating and entertaining."
Sally Davies Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw

 "We were absolutely delighted with Sally's presentation...she hit all the right notes and went down a storm with our people."
Head of HR Randstad UK

"I feel very fortunate to have been able to spend the evening with Sally.  Please pass on my heartfelt thanks for her inspirational talk (that put the others to shame) and for the way in which she presented herself as interested and, without wishing to be rude, ordinary.  Of course her achievements are incredibly out of the ordinary and serve as a tremendous motivation in themselves.  With such a tremendously positive person as Sally working hard to encourage others in sports and other walks of life, the youngest and the oldest of our nation and beyond have a fantastic role model to refer to."
Blackrod Church School

"Sally was the consumate professional and we were delighted with her presentation and input"
West Midlands Regional Assembly "Living Well in the West Midlands" Launch Event

"I'd like to extend sincerest thanks to you for making our Early Years Professional Celebration Ceremony such a memorable event.  We found you passion for early years care and development and your personal experiences inspirational." 
Children's Workforce Development Council

"The session was really accessible and relevant with a very engaging style. The way Sally explained how she applied her ‘athletic' approaches to life after ‘success' was truly inspirational"
Lewisham Headteachers Conference 2009

Sally did a super job in sharing her experiences and thoughts with our leaders and all the participants left feeling energised and inspired. We'll build on this week to reshape some of our thinking about the development of our female leaders and I am more confident than ever that we'll change the way we do some things - your message of focus, belief and envisioning the "race" were a great fit with our messages.
Women in Banking, GE Capital Global Banking Leadership Summit
Wayne Davies, HR Director, GE Capital, Global Banking

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