Quick Facts

Name	Kelly Holmes
Age	52 Years Old
Nick Name	Kelly Holmes
Birth Name	Dame Kelly Holmes
Birth Date	1970-04-19
Gender	Female
Profession	Athlete
Place Of Birth	Kent
Birth Nation	England
Nationality	British
Ethnicity	Mixed
Religion	Christian
Horoscope	Aries
Father	Derrick Holmes
Mother	Pam Norman
School	Hildenborough CEP School, Hugh Christie Comprehensive School
Sexual Orientation	Lesbian
Marital Status	Unmarried
Salary	$400 thousand
Net Worth	$1.2 Million
Source of Wealth	Entertainment Industry
Height	1.64 m
Weight	55 KG
Body Measurement	34-28-40 inches
Bra Cup Size	34 C
Body Type	Athletic
Eye Color	Dark Brown
Hair Color	Blonde
Links	Wikipedia, Instagram

Former middle-distance runner Kelly Homles, most known for her expertise in the 800 and 1,500 meter races, captured gold medals in both events at the Athens Summer Olympics in 2004. She set multiple British records throughout her career and continues to hold the 600- and 1,000-meter records. She held the British 800-meter record until 2021. Also, She joined the British Army and started competing in middle-distance races in her youth.

In 1993, she started competing on the professional sports circuit. She gained notoriety after winning the 1,500 m in the 1994 Commonwealth Games and taking home silver at the European Championships. Also, She also took home silver and bronze medals from the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg. She competed in her last big competition in 2004, capturing two gold medals at the Athens Olympics and became the 800 m and 1,500 m Olympic Champion. In 2005, she stopped competing in sports. She has also written five books, the most recent of which is Running Life, become a well-known motivational speaker across the world, and made several television appearances.

How much is the Net worth of Kelly Holmes?

A tremendous sum of money has been earned by Kelly Holmes, a former middle-distance athlete who is now a TV and radio personality. Kelly Holmes’s net worth is projected to be $1.2 million as of 2022. She was chosen as the spokesperson for MoneyForce, a Royal British Legion initiative that offers financial education to the UK armed personnel, in 2013. Her current source of fortune is the entertainment sector. Her current salary is approximately $400,000. She currently leads a lavish lifestyle.

Early Years: When did she born?

On April 19, 1970, Kelly Holmes was born in Pembury, a town in Kent, England, close to Royal Tunbridge Wells. Dame Kelly Holmes is her real name. She is of Mixed heritage and British nationality. She is a Christian and has the ram as her astrological sign. Also, She will be 52 years old as of 2022. Derrick Holmes, a car mechanic from Jamaica, and Pam Norman, an English woman, are her parents. When she was born, her mother was 17 years old, and seven years later, she wed Michael Norris, a painter and decorator who Holmes considers to be her father.

She concentrated on her schooling, going to Tonbridge’s Hugh Christie Comprehensive School after graduating from Hildenborough CEP School at age 12. She started her athletic training when she was 12 years old, under the guidance of David Arnold. Later, in 1983, during her second season, she won the English Schools 1,500-meter race. She enlisted in the British Army at the age of 18. She joined the military and joined the Women’s Royal Army Corps (WRAC) as an HGV driver before rising to the rank of basic physical training instructor (PTI).

Despite being relatively inexperienced in the military, Holmes’s athletic prowess impressed those around her, and they persuaded her to enroll in the Aldershot course selection for full-time transfer to the Royal Army Physical Training Corps (RAPTC). She continued to serve in the Adjutant General’s Corps until the WRAC was dissolved in 1992. Also, She also won the judo championship for the British Army and competed in and won the 800, 3,000, and relay races at an athletics competition all in the same day. She also triumphed in the heptathlon. Later, she made the choice to pick up sports again. Since 1997, she has been a full-time athlete.

What is the Professional Career of Kelly Holmes?

Kelly attended a French training camp in 2003 to prepare for the 2004 Summer Olympics. She slashed herself there after getting hurt to her legs and becoming unhappy. According to Holmes, “I made one cut for every day that I had been hurt.” She then received a clinical depression diagnosis and started using herbal serotonin supplements. Also, She decided to discuss her self-harm after winning the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics to demonstrate to people how challenging and stressful it is to compete as a professional athlete. She was viewed as one of the favorites to win the 800 m gold medal, along with Maria de Lurdes Mutola, a three-time World Champion, and eplak.

At the finish line, Kelly won the gold medal ahead of Hasna Benhassi and eplak, with Mutola coming in fourth. Kelly raced a well-paced race in the final, despite some of the other competitors getting out to quick starts. She also became the second woman to win the 800 meters after Ann Packer in 1964, making her the seventh British woman to do it in athletics. Following Tatyana Kazankina of the Soviet Union in 1976 and Svetlana Masterkova of Russia in 1996, she took the lead in the final straight and outran world champion Tatyana Tomashova of Russia to win the 1500 m final. She became the third woman in history to win the 800 m and 1,500 m double, and the first British athlete to do so since Albert Hill in 1920.

More on Career

She set a new British record for the 1,500-meter race with a timing of 3 minutes, 57.90 seconds. On August 29, the day after her second triumph, she was awarded the privilege of carrying the British flag during the games’ closing ceremony. In 2004, she was named the BBC Sports Personality of the Year. After winning, she claimed that she had fulfilled her “20 years of dreams” and that the prize was “the largest sports honor your country can give you.” She has additionally participated in “On Camp with Kelly” sporting camps.
She took part in her final race in the UK, the 800 m at the Norwich Union British Grand Prix event in Sheffield, on August 21, 2005. Holmes announced her retirement from athletics on December 6, 2005. She cited the loss of a friend as the catalyst for her reevaluation of her future and noted a lack of desire.

Holmes was appointed the president of Commonwealth Games England in May 2009. In November 2010, she participated in the ITV game program The Cube. In October 2011, she made a live appearance on the Dubai One lifestyle program Studio One. After a 12-day survival expedition, she competed in the ITV programme Bear Grylls: Mission Survive and placed second. Additionally, she hosted the fifth episode of the 2017 BBC One television series Women at War: 100 Years of Service. In an episode of All in the Mind on BBC Radio 4 in 2017, she talked about her mental health struggles from 2003.

Awards and Achievements

• In 2010, Holmes was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame.
• In 2018, she was made honorary colonel of the Royal Armoured Corps Training Regiment.
• Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
• Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Kelly Holmes’ Boyfriend: Is she Lesbian?

Kelly Holmes is still single and has yet to tie the knot. After 34 years, she has recently come out in public and admitted that she is gay. She said that her family had been aware of her sexual orientation since 1997 and that she first became aware of it at the age of 18. She currently has a romantic relationship with a lady, but they are not married. A fellow soldier kissed her at the restroom block a month before her 18th birthday after she enlisted in the Women’s Royal Army Corps in 1988.

Even though she ended the relationship in 2002, she dated a lady for five years between the ages of 27 and 32. There were no out athletes that she was aware of, so she worried that if she came out after leaving the service and after winning two Olympic gold medals in 2004 and became well-known, there may still be repercussions from the military. LGBT+ activists applauded Holmes’ decision to come out, saying it draws focus on the historical bigotry that might still prevent elderly individuals from coming out. She is currently single and content with her life as it is.

Body Stats: What is Kelly Holmes’ height in inches?

Kelly Homles is a stunning woman with a radiant face and a lovely grin. She weighs 55 KG, or 121 lbs, and has the ideal height of 1.64 m, or 5 feet 5 inches. Her eyes are dark brown, and she has blonde hair. Her measurements are 34-28-40 inches. 34C is her bra cup size. She has an athletic body type.

 

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