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    Dame Kelly Holmes DBE OLY [2] (born 19 April 1970) is a retired British middle distance athlete, TV presenter and television personality. Holmes specialised in the 800 metres and 1,500 metres events and won gold medals for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.

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  3. Nov 14, 2023 · BBC News. 14 November 2023. Two dazzling images define truly golden moments in former athlete Kelly Holmes's life. The first is burned in the memory of any athletics fan who witnessed it in 2004.

  4. Aug 2, 2024 · That burst of “Kellymania” in September 2004 came when the golden afterglow of Athens was at its brightest. The then 34-year-old had returned to the UK with two Olympic titles to her name and her...

  5. Nov 14, 2023 · Watch the race again and you can understand why Holmes, then a 34-year-old track veteran, did her famous double-take. She had been seventh at the halfway point and only took the lead in final few...

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  6. Dame Kelly Holmes' double Olympic middle distance wins in the 800m and 1500m at the 2004 Athens Olympics were iconic moments that went down in British sporting history. She became the first...

  7. Apr 26, 2024 · Holmes says she suffered a bit of trauma which led her to 'a life of mental health problems'; between 'being happy with myself, being injured and wanting sport to be the thing that fulfilled her'.

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  8. Feb 10, 2021 · Holmes had won a silver medal in Paris, but she was suffering and ended up being diagnosed with depression. She turned to physiotherapist Alison Rose in order to help keep her injury-free ahead...