Merry won her bronze medal at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000

Former Olympic bronze medalist Katharine Merry has been booked to be the guest speaker for the Guernsey Sporting Achievement Awards evening.

Merry had 17 years of experience at the highest levels of athletics, becoming the fastest woman over 400m in 2001.

She is currently a UK athletics mentor, as well as an athletics commentator and sports pundit for the BBC.

The Guernsey Sports Commission organise the awards (on 20 January) for teams, individuals, events and development.

Merry started her international career at the age of 13 and became the fastest schoolgirl in the world by 14.

Her career highlight came in the 400m at the 2000 Olympics when she won the bronze medal in Sydney behind the great Cathy Freeman.

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