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Dame Denise Rosemarie Lewis DBE (born 27 August 1972) is a British sports presenter, sports administrator and former track and field athlete, who specialised in the heptathlon. She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics , was twice Commonwealth Games champion, was the 1998 European Champion , and won World ...
Denise LEWIS. Team Great Britain. Athletics. Olympic Medals. 1 G. 1 B. Games Participations 3. First Olympic Games Atlanta 1996. Year of Birth 1972. Olympic Results. Biography. Although she began competing in the heptathlon in 1989, it was not until 1994 that Denise Lewis emerged onto world stage.
Feb 28, 2024 · Getty Images. Lewis was the first British athlete to win Olympic gold in the heptathlon. Dame Denise Lewis has "temporarily" stepped down as UK Athletics president - two months after being...
Feb 28, 2024 · 28 February. Getty Images. Lewis was the first British athlete to win Olympic gold in the heptathlon. Dame Denise Lewis has "temporarily" stepped down as UK Athletics president - two months...
Dec 12, 2023 · 12 December 2023. Getty Images. Dame Denise Lewis was the first British athlete to win an Olympic gold in the heptathlon. Former Olympic heptathlon champion Dame Denise Lewis has been...
Athletes. Denise Lewis. Biographical information. Biography. Although she began competing in the heptathlon in 1989, it was not until 1994 that Denise Lewis emerged onto world stage. During the course of the season she added 500 points onto her personal best and scored an upset victory over Jane Flemming at the Commonwealth Games.
Today marks 26 years since Denise Lewis, Commonwealth Games England’s current president, won gold in the heptathlon in her first major championships. To celebrate the occasion, we asked her to relive her Commonwealth Games journey, some of which is yet to be written as she helps lead us towards Birmingham 2022.
