Kelly Sotherton

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kelly Sotherton
Occupation	Athletics Competitor
Date Of Birth	Nov 13, 1976(1976-11-13)
Age	48
Birthplace	Newport
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Capricorn

Kelly Sotherton Biography

Kelly Sotherton is one of the most popular and richest Athletics Competitor who was born on November 13, 1976 in Newport, United Kingdom. Sotherton was born in Newport, Isle of Wight on 13 November 1976. She began her athletics career in the sports day at Caversham House Primary School in Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was subsequently educated at Bishop Lovett Middle School, Ryde High School and Brunel University.

In March 2005 she competed in the European Indoor Championships, where she took silver once again behind Klüft. At Götzis, Austria in May Sotherton was again beaten into second, behind the Swede, but she did record a personal best of 6547 points. At the AAA’s National Championship in July, Sotherton competed in four individual events and took her first senior national title, winning the long jump with a jump of 6.48 metres.

In 2007, the World Championships were held in the Japanese city of Osaka. Sotherton started the first day with a personal best of 13.21 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles. She then came within a centimetre of her personal best in the high jump with a 1.86 m performance. A season’s best of 14.14 m followed in the shot put and Sotherton ended the day with a second personal best in the 200 m, with 23.40. On the second day, Sotherton hit 6.68 m in the long jump, to stay in medal contention, but again the javelin saw a weak performance, with Sotherton throwing just 31.90, finishing last. However, Sotherton put in a strong performance in the 800 m, running 2:11.58 to just beat teammate Jessica Ennis to the bronze medal, with 6,510 points.

2007 saw Great Britain host the European Indoor Championships, in Birmingham. Klüft led after the hurdles, but Sotherton and compatriot Jessica Ennis trailed closely behind. The high jump saw Ennis take the lead over Klüft and Sotherton, with a jump of 1.91, but Sotherton set a personal best for indoors of 1.88. Seven points separated Klüft and Sotherton. In the shot put, Sotherton took a two-point lead ahead of defending champion Klüft. The long jump saw Klüft take a 24-point lead over the Briton. In the 800 m, a strong event for Sotherton, she needed to take 1.6 seconds from Klüft to see her beaten for the first time since 2002. Sotherton set a personal best 2:12.54, but Klüft also underscored her previous mark to win by 17 points. This was her smallest winning margin ever. Sotherton took silver, and Karin Ruckstuhl the bronze. In one of the best pentathlons of all time, many athletes set national records and Klüft and Sotherton rose to second and fourth on the all-time lists respectively. Sotherton also set a Commonwealth record by 200 points.

At the 2005 World Championships Sotherton had held a medal position going into the sixth event, despite some below average performances, but a disastrous javelin saw her drop out of contention. Sotherton did manage to knock nearly 2.5 seconds off her personal best to win the final 800 m, but despite closing the overall gap on those ahead she only finished fifth.

Kelly Sotherton Net Worth

Kelly Sotherton is one of the richest Athletics Competitor from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Kelly Sotherton 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kelly Jade Sotherton MBE (born 13 November 1976) is a British former heptathlete. In the heptathlon she was the bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics and, following the disqualification of two other athletes, also at the 2008 Summer Olympics, as well as being part of the bronze medal winning team in the Women’s 4x400m relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics (again, initially finishing 5th but upgraded after various subsequent doping disqualifications). As such she is one of only five women to win multiple medals in Olympic heptathlon.

She gained international recognition in 2004 when she unexpectedly won a bronze medal at the Summer Olympics in Athens behind Carolina Klüft (gold) and Austra Skujytė (silver), scoring 6424 points and finishing ahead of defending Olympic champion Lewis, who dropped out due to injury.

In March 2006 Sotherton competed for England in the heptathlon at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. She took gold with a score of 6396, ahead of Kylie Wheeler of Australia (silver) and her team mate Jessica Ennis (bronze). In August 2006 she competed for Great Britain and Northern Ireland in the heptathlon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg. She came seventh ahead of her team mate Jessica Ennis, after a disappointing javelin event caused her to drop from second.

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Who is Kelly Sotherton Dating?

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Sotherton completed “the first step of her reinvention as a 400m specialist”, with a victory in the 400m final in 53.46 sec, at the English Institute of Sport – Sheffield indoor arena on 13 February 2011. Overcome at her win, she explained a temporary breakdown at trackside; ” When I prolapsed the disc in my back it was career-threatening. I had to make a decision whether to end my career or try something new.” It was Sotherton’s first national title in a track event.

Facts & Trivia

Kelly Ranked on the list of most popular Athletics Competitor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Kelly Sotherton celebrates birthday on November 13 of every year.

On Sunday 27 May 2012, Sotherton announced her retirement from the sport after failing to recover from back surgery in time for the London 2012 games.

What does Kelly Sotherton do now?

On the track, Kelly has recently been appointed as Team Leader at England Athletics for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham 2022. She coaches the Men’s 1st team at Warwickshire Cricket Club, plus leads the athlete performance for Wasps Rugby Club, too.

Who was Kelly Holmes married to?

Early life and army career Her mother was 17 at the time of her birth, and seven years later she married painter and decorator Michael Norris , whom Holmes regards as her father.

What does a heptathlon?

Definition of heptathlon : a 7-event athletic contest specifically : a composite contest for female athletes that consists of the 100-meter hurdles, the high jump, the shot put, the 200-meter dash, the long jump, the javelin throw, and the 800-meter run.

Has Kelly Holmes any children?

Kelly Holmes is not and has never been married. She doesn’t have any children.

What age is Kelly Holmes?

52 years (April 19, 1970)