Welcome to Holmes Class

Miss Prest is  starting at Sandhurst in September and will write a class page introduction as soon as possible. Please check back after the start of term for an update.

Our Class Name

Dame Kelly Holmes was born on the 19th April 1970 in Pembury and is a retired British middle distance athlete. She specialised in the 800 metres and 1,500 metres events and won gold medals for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. She set British records in numerous events and still holds the records over the 600, and 1,000 metre distances. She held the British 800 metre record until 2021.