Sally Pearson
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Sally Pearson is an Australian former sprint hurdler best known for winning the 100m hurdles gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics and multiple world championship titles.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sally Pearson canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10384863 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Sally Pearson Context triple: [Australia Olympic athletics team, notableAthlete, Sally Pearson]
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A.
Jamie Laurenson
Jamie Laurenson is a television and film producer known for high-end drama projects, including serving as an executive producer on the series "The North Water."
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B.
Cathy Freeman
Cathy Freeman is an Australian sprinter and Olympic gold medallist renowned for winning the 400 metres at the Sydney 2000 Games and becoming a symbol of Indigenous Australian pride.
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C.
Kelly Holmes
Kelly Holmes is a British middle-distance runner and double Olympic gold medallist, best known for winning both the 800m and 1500m at the 2004 Athens Games.
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D.
Dawn Fraser
Dawn Fraser is an Australian freestyle swimming legend and four-time Olympic gold medallist widely regarded as one of the greatest female swimmers in history.
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E.
Valerie Adams
Valerie Adams is a New Zealand shot putter and multiple Olympic and world champion, widely regarded as one of the greatest female throwers in athletics history.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sally Pearson Target entity description: Sally Pearson is an Australian former sprint hurdler best known for winning the 100m hurdles gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics and multiple world championship titles.
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A.
Jamie Laurenson
Jamie Laurenson is a television and film producer known for high-end drama projects, including serving as an executive producer on the series "The North Water."
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B.
Cathy Freeman
Cathy Freeman is an Australian sprinter and Olympic gold medallist renowned for winning the 400 metres at the Sydney 2000 Games and becoming a symbol of Indigenous Australian pride.
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C.
Kelly Holmes
Kelly Holmes is a British middle-distance runner and double Olympic gold medallist, best known for winning both the 800m and 1500m at the 2004 Athens Games.
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D.
Dawn Fraser
Dawn Fraser is an Australian freestyle swimming legend and four-time Olympic gold medallist widely regarded as one of the greatest female swimmers in history.
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E.
Valerie Adams
Valerie Adams is a New Zealand shot putter and multiple Olympic and world champion, widely regarded as one of the greatest female throwers in athletics history.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
athlete
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| announcedRetirementDate | 2019-08-06 ⓘ |
| awarded |
IAAF World Athlete of the Year 2011
ⓘ
linked to:
IAAF World Athlete of the Year
|
| coachedBy | Sharon Hannan ⓘ |
| continentalCompetitionParticipatedIn |
2010 Commonwealth Games
ⓘ
2014 Commonwealth Games ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Australia ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Australia ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1986-09-19 ⓘ |
| familyName | Pearson ⓘ |
| fullName | Sally Pearson ⓘ |
| givenName | Sally ⓘ |
| hasResidence | Gold Coast ⓘ |
| isRetired | true ⓘ |
| laterCoachedBy | Ash Mahoney ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| nationalTeam |
Australian national athletics team
ⓘ
linked to:
Australia Olympic athletics team
|
| notableFor |
multiple world championship titles in the 100 metres hurdles
ⓘ
winning the women's 100 metres hurdles gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics ⓘ |
| occupation |
athlete
ⓘ
hurdler ⓘ |
| olympicGamesParticipatedIn |
2008 Summer Olympics
ⓘ
2012 Summer Olympics ⓘ
linked to:
Summer Olympics 2012
2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| personalBest |
11.14 seconds in the 100 metres
ⓘ
12.28 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles ⓘ 7.73 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Sydney ⓘ |
| reasonForRetirement | injury concerns ⓘ |
| representedCountryAtEvent | Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| setWorldLeadingTime | 12.28 seconds in the 100 metres hurdles in 2011 ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| specialty |
100 metres hurdles
ⓘ
100 metres sprint ⓘ 60 metres hurdles ⓘ |
| sport |
athletics
ⓘ
track and field ⓘ |
| wonGoldMedalInEvent |
women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
ⓘ
linked to:
women's 100 metres hurdles
women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ
linked to:
women's 100 metres hurdles
women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2012 Summer Olympics ⓘ
linked to:
women's 100 metres hurdles
women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2014 Commonwealth Games ⓘ
linked to:
women's 100 metres hurdles
women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ
linked to:
women's 100 metres hurdles
|
| wonSilverMedalInEvent |
women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2008 Summer Olympics
ⓘ
linked to:
women's 100 metres hurdles
women's 100 metres hurdles at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ
linked to:
women's 100 metres hurdles
|
| worldChampionshipsParticipatedIn |
2009 World Championships in Athletics
ⓘ
2011 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ
linked to:
2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics
2013 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ 2015 World Championships in Athletics ⓘ |
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Subject: Sally Pearson Description of subject: Sally Pearson is an Australian former sprint hurdler best known for winning the 100m hurdles gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics and multiple world championship titles.
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