Derek Redmond signed 10 x 8 colour photo

Derek Redmond (born September 3, 1965 in Bletchley) is a retired English athlete. He currently works as a motivational speaker. As a 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres runner he won gold medals at European, Commonwealth and World Championships. His career highlights include a fifth place over 400 m at the 1987 World Championships and a 1991 World Championships 4x400 m gold medal. However, disappointment came at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 400m race. He posted the fastest time of the first round, and won his quarter-final. In the semi-final, Redmond started well, but 175m from the finish, his hamstring tore. Redmond immediately fell to the ground, in extreme pain. As stretcher bearers made their way over to him, he knew he had to finish the race. He began to hobble along the track, with pain etched upon his face. He was soon joined on the track by his father, Jim Redmond, who had supported Derek for his whole career. Shortly before the line, Jim let go of his son, and he completed the race, with a standing ovation from the crowd of 65,000. Redmond later became the subject of one of the IOC's 'celebrate humanity' videos. The video featured his struggle in the 1992 Olympic semi-final. In 1994 he won the Celebrity Gladiators. Derek Redmond was formerly married to the British Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies