Jo had shown a great deal of promise in her early athletics career having been the English schools 300m hurdles champion. However, a series of injuries, particularly shin splints, halted her career. Initially competing in the 400 metre hurdles and heptathlon, Jo took up the 800 metres with her breakthrough season arriving in 2002. She is a member of the Woodford Green & Essex Ladies athletic club.
Allyson Felix (born November 18, 1985 in Los Angeles, California) is a track and field sprint athlete who competes internationally for the United States, primarily in the 200 meters. She is a two-time Olympic silver medalist in that event, as well as being the only woman ever to be a three-time Athletics World Championship gold medalist for that distance. She is also an Olympic gold medalist, winning gold at the Beijing 2008 Olympics as a member of the United States Women’s 4 x 400 meter relay team.
Natasha De’Anka ‘Tasha’ Danvers (born September 19, 1977) is a British Olympic bronze medalist, who finished in third place in the 400m Hurdles at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She was born in London to two athletes, Dorrett Mckoy and Donald Danvers, who both moved to United Kingdom from Jamaica as children.
