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- Yesterday at the London 2012 Olympics Games 100m hurdles, Jessica Ennis’s 12.54 time beat her personal best by 0.25 seconds in the fastest ever 100m hurdles by a heptathlete (a world record for the event)
- The London 2012 Games are important as Ennis missed out on competing in Beijing in 2008 due to stress fractures in her right foot. Her coach Toni Minichiello said she cried for seven days after pulling out.
- Sorry guys, Jessica is NOT single. In fact, Usain Bolt tried to “pick her up” in Beijing 2008. Jessica is engaged to her long-term boyfriend Andy Hill, who she met while studying at King Ecbert School in Dore, Sheffield. The pair are due to wed next year… once the Olympics are over, of course!
- Jessica has been coached by Toni Minichiello since she was 13 years old – that’s half of her life! (Take note when you consider a coaching change!)
- Jessica is currently the holder of the British record for heptathlon, indoor pentathlon, high jump and 100 meter hurdles.
- Jessica’s father is from Jamaica and sprinted at school, while her social worker mother preferred the high jump, although neither of her parents were particularly athletic. So it’s NOT all about genetics.
- Earlier this year (May 27 in Götzis), Ennis proved she was back on form by destroying Denise Lewis’s decade-old UK heptathlon record (6,831) in Austria – finishing with 6,906 points. It will take over 7000 points to win, and the WR is 7291 set by USA’s Jackie Joyner-Kersee in Seoul, 1988. With the lightning fast Mondotrack, it will be possible.
- Jessica has become one of the UK’s most high profile sports personalities, promoting Adidas in a £320,000 a year contract, Olay Essentials, Aviva. This month, she appears on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine and in a steamy shoot for GQ.
- This year Jessica is on track to become the first female athletic star to earn £1 million from sponsorship deals – after being named the “favorite” to win the heptathlon gold medal her contracts skyrocketed.
- In her spare time, Jessica likes to shop and cook lasagne. Maybe we can convince her to come to Italy?
Jimson Lee
Coach & Founder at SpeedEndurance.com
I am a Masters Athlete and Coach currently based in London UK. My other projects include the Bud Winter Foundation, writer for the IAAF New Studies in Athletics Journal (NSA) and a member of the Track & Field Writers of America.
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