Kelly Jade Sotherton (born 13 November 1976) is an
English heptathlete.
Sotherton was born in Newport on the Isle of Wight.
As a teenager, she played netball for Hampshire, but
also won two English Schools’ championships in the
heptathlon.
She moved to the Midlands in order to train with
2000 Olympic heptathlon champion Denise Lewis. She
made her senior British team debut in 2002.
The javelin throw is clearly her weakest discipline
and has been cited as the main reason for her lack
of medals at the 2005 World Championships and 2006
European Championships.
She trains at the grounds of the athletics club
Birchfield Harriers, which is based in Birmingham,
England.
