Dame Kelly Holmes

Dame Kelly Holmes won gold medals for Britain in the 800 and 1500 metre races at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and she still holds the record over the 600, 800, 1000, and 1500 metres distances. But success in athletics was not an easy journey for Kelly. Dogged by injury which led to depression Kelly battled back to achieve her ultimate goal of becoming a gold medal winner.

In this interview Dame Kelly talks about joining the British Army at the age of 18, having left school two years earlier after finding it horrendous and how this career route took her back to a passion for athletics. She also talks about the importance of having a ‘team’ around you, friends and family and mentors who can help guide you in life.

4 comments

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  Carolyn Tone says: February 23, 2011 at 12:29 pm

  These videos are great, I use them in my training sessions to help with motivation and goals. More like these please…..:-)
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  Website says: February 22, 2011 at 3:05 pm

  Thanks Marta and Lyn – we’re glad you find this sort of content useful. We’ve got a number of other well known face lined up to share their experiences over the coming weeks and months so keep looking back for updates.
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  Lyn Osbaldeston says: February 22, 2011 at 1:53 pm

  Hi
  Have just watched the interview with Dame Kelly and thought it was really good.

  Impreseesd with the way she looked at positives that had been achieved in chunks rather than a bigger picture that can become cluttered and distorted and how to source your “Team You” was an excellent idea.

  I willl be using some of her methods on my clients to dig for information that will help their job search/CV/interview techniques and to help raise the confidence and motivation of the longer term unemployed.

  Really good stuff!!!
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  Marta Webb says: February 22, 2011 at 12:32 pm

  Inspirational, it goes to show that we are not all academic but through determination and other peoples beleif, help and support Kelly was able acheive her ultimate goal.