# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tessa-sanderson
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:05:52.104Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tessa-sanderson"
name: "Tessa Sanderson"
slug: "tessa-sanderson"
description: "Theresa Ione Sanderson is a British former javelin thrower. She appeared in every Summer Olympics from 1976 to 1996, winning the gold medal in the javelin throw at the 1984 Olympics. She was the second track and field athlete to compete at six Olympics, and the first Black British woman to win an Olympic gold medal."
tagline: "British javelin thrower (born 1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tessa_Sanderson-2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1956-03-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             40
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  currentAttention:     6.24
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump