(senior) British Schools International match: 1973 English Commonwealth Games trials: 1973 and 1978 British Olympic Games trials: 1976 and 1984 10 times AAA National Champion: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1996 3 times UK National Champion: 1977, 1978, 1997 Midland Counties Championships These were competitions for women based in the English Midlands counties of Avon, Gloucestershire, Hereford and Worcester, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Salop, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and West Midlands. Javelin throw: 1974, 1975, 1977 Pentathlon: 1976 400 m hurdles: 1977 See also Javelin throw at the Olympics List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games List of Olympic medalists in athletics (women) List of Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics (women) List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women) List of javelin throwers Notes References External links Official website The Tessa Sanderson Foundation and Academy Tessa Sanderson Track and Field Statistics 1956 births Living people People from Saint Elizabeth Parish Sportspeople from Wolverhampton English female javelin throwers British female javelin throwers Jamaican female javelin throwers British heptathletes English heptathletes Olympic female javelin throwers Olympic athletes of Great Britain Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics English Olympic medallists Commonwealth Games competitors for England Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain European Athletics Championships medalists IAAF Continental Cup winners UK Athletics Championships winners Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Jamaican emigrants to the United Kingdom English people of Jamaican descent Black British sportswomen Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games