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    Dame Kelly Holmes DBE OLY (born 19 April 1970) is a retired British middle distance athlete. 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 .

  2. Nov 14, 2023 · How Dame Kelly Holmes won her toughest race - to be herself, out and proud. 14 November 2023. By John Hand, BBC News. PA Media. Two dazzling images define truly golden moments in former athlete...

  3. Double Olympic Champion Col. Dame Kelly Holmes MBE (mil) is one of the UK’s most popular athletes, respected throughout the world as a role model and an inspiration. Setting and still holding the British records in the 800m and 1000m, Kelly is an Olympic, Commonwealth and European champion that has achieved seven Gold, eight Silver and four ...

  4. Oct 30, 2012 · The 1500m victory made her the first British athlete to win a double Olympic gold in the 800m and 1500m since Albert Hill in 1920. ( • Albert Hill's Double Olympic Gold - A... ) At 34, she was ...

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  5. Jun 18, 2022 · Dame Kelly Holmes says she is "getting rid of that fear" as the Olympic champion reveals she is gay. In an interview with the Sunday Mirror, the 52-year-old said she was both nervous and...

  6. Jun 19, 2022 · British Olympic champion Dame Kelly Holmes has come out as gay at the age of 52. The double gold medal winner told the Sunday Mirror she first realised she was gay as a 17-year-old soldier after...

  7. Jun 19, 2022 · Dame Kelly Holmes has announced she is gay, and says she has hidden it for 34 years. Speaking during Pride month, the two-time gold medallist said she realised she was gay at the age of 17 after kissing a fellow female soldier, and that her family and friends have known since 1997.