Goldie Sayers is one of the most respected Olympic motivational speakers on the circuit due to her contribution to an abundance of events.
Her early career bought her to prominence as she set national junior records and won national titles before serving as captain for the 2001 Team GB women’s under 20’s team. She reached an international stage in the following season at the Commonwealth Games where she finished sixth place.
During the four year period between 2003 and 2007, Sayers won five consecutive national titles but failed to make an impression at major championships and reached the final at the 2004 Olympics. Even though she made a few losses previously, she managed to bounce back and set two UK records as well as defeating the likes of European Champion Steffi Nerius and future World Champion, Barbora Spotakova.
In 2008, Sayers won the European Cup of Winter Throwing title with a throw of 63.65m. She managed to finish third in the 2008 Bejing Olympics due to the original third-place testing positive for banned substances. She set a new British record of 65.75m with the throw that earnt her this place.
Her British record became improved at the London Grand Prix Diamond League when she threw a staggering 66.17m javelin in 2012 before a career highlight of running the Olympic torch through Bourne in Lincolnshire.
After a positive start to the London Games, Sayers sadly had sustained an injury in her right arm which hindered her qualification. After surgery on her elbow, Sayers had lost her funding from UK Athletics but agreed to train heptathlete Katine Johnson-Thompson in exchange for funding from financial expert, Barrie Wells.
A respected athlete, positive role model and inspirational figure for drive and determination, Goldie Sayers is an ideal Olympic motivational speaker for influencing audiences and promoting a ‘can-do’ attitude.
