Tessa Sanderson holds two Honorary Fellowship Degree one from South Bank University in London in 2004, and prior to that Wolverhampton Polytechnic.

She also has an honorary Masters Degree from Birmingham University.

Tessa Sanderson Speaker & Presenter

Tessa is a keynote speaker, accomplished motivational presenter and awards host and TV & radio personality across sport, entertainment and media.

She is also a business ambassador for carefully selected brands that she is personally committed to.

Tessa Sanderson Awards

During her 26 years competing for Great Britain Tessa was voted Sports Personality of the Year and Athlete of the Year (3 times) by the Athletics Writers Association, she also presented the Sports News for 2/3 years for Sky Television.

Her media career involved television presenting for BBC, ITV, Bloomberg, GMTV, Talk Sport Radio.

Tessa has taken part in various BBC Show’s and is a natural in front of the camera both as a guest and a host.

One particular show recorded the highest viewing of the whole series on one evening with over 2.9 million viewers – it was repeated 9 nine times during the year.

Tessa was a Board member of the Olympic Park Legacy Company and continues to be very involved with that area today.

Her charity support is extensive, her latest work includes being Patron of Adoption UK having just adopted two young twins herself.

More recently she became Patron for the Birmingham Commonwealth Association.

Tessa Sanderson Media Work

Tessa continues to be a regular within media, whether it be ‘A Question of Sport’ (2016), BBC Radio news review (2017) Loose Women (2019) or entertainment ‘Celebrity 5 go Barging’ Channel 5 (2018), Junk Food Experiment (2019), Sink or Swim (2019).

She is often featured in magazines, broadsheets and the popular press (Hello Magazine covered her 60th birthday, Daily Telegraph featured ‘mother at 57, model at 60’, Telegraph supplement covered her 35th Anniversary since winning Gold ).

Very much a TV/Radio personality outside of her sporting achievements she regularly gives keynote speeches as well ashosting award functions.

More recently she was signed by Greys Model Agency and is developing work in fashion and beauty balancing this with her young family and sporting interests.

Tessa continues to be a corporate business ambassador helping to build brand awareness.

Tessa Sanderson Speaking Topics

• Overcoming Challenges & Determination
• Leadership & Teamwork
• Diversity & Equality
• Adoption (Tessa adopted twins aged 58)
• Health & Fitness

Tessa has also taken part in a number of PR campaigns, most recently for Vichy and Solgar.