Ennis-Hill won Olympic gold in the heptathlon at London 2012 and silver at Rio 2016
She had won Olympic gold in the heptathlon at London 2012 and silver at Rio 2016, and retired as a two-time world champion.
The Sheffield-born heptathlete returned to competition after the birth of her son Reggie in July 2014 and went on to win the World Athletics Championships in Beijing in 2015 having already achieved the qualifying standard for Rio.It was her second world heptathlon title after previously achieving the feat in Berlin in 2009 while claiming silver in 2011.
But she was destined for more greatness and won gold at the 2010 European Championships before claiming the World Indoor Pentathlon title in the same year. She won the 100 metres hurdles before coming sixth in the high jump and 10th in the shot put. A personal best of 22.83 seconds saw her finish second in the 200 metres and Ennis-Hill was also second in the long jump before she threw a personal best of 47.49 metres in the javelin to finish 10th and put her on the brink of glory.She earned the Olympic crown with a season’s best of two minutes and eight seconds in the 800 metres to win the race.
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