Jessica Ennis Biography
Jessica Ennis, MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) and an
English track and field athlete was born 28th January, 1986 in
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK. Her father David Michael Ennis
was originally from Jamaica, was a self-employed painter and decorator
and her mother Mary Ann Brodie was a social worker, was born in
Derbyshire. She has two younger sisters called Carmel and Natasha. When
Jessica Ennis was 10 years old, her life was changed. It was 1996 and
the schools were shut for summer. Her hometown of Sheffield was playing
host to an Aviva Startrack scheme and Jessica decided to take part. She
hasn't looked back since. She was specialised in multi-eventing
disciplines and 100m hurdles. Jessica was bitten by the athletics bug
and a year later, at the tender age of 11, she joined the City of
Sheffield Athletic Club, which gave her a springboard to progress
through the junior and youth competitions. All through her youth,
Jessica showed immense promise as a multi-eventer. That promise paid
dividends in Berlin in 2009, when, aged 23, Jessica became the World
Champion in the women's heptathlon event with a personal best of 6,731
points.
Ennis competed at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada in July and the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto, Italy, but it was her winning performance at the 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania that brought her to the fore. Her first senior championships was the 2005 Universiade, held in ?zmir, Turkey, where she won the bronze medal with a new personal best of 5,910 points.
One of Ennis's first victories as a senior came in February 2004, when she was eighteen years old. She won the 60 metre hurdles at the Northern Senior Indoor Championships in a time of 8.60 seconds. Two weeks earlier she had won three Northern Junior Indoor Championship titles: the 60 metre sprint, the 60 metre hurdles and the high jump.
In her first outdoor competition of 2009, Jessica broke her personal best, scoring 6,587 points to win by 510 points in Desenzano del Garda. This was a fantastic performance after she was forced to miss the Olympic Games in Beijing with a stress fracture in her ankle. She finished off the event with a personal best in the 800m of 2 minutes 9.88 seconds. This performance moved her to third on the UK all-time lists of heptathletes, with a score only bettered by former Olympic and Commonwealth champion, Denise Lewis (6,831 points), and former Commonwealth champion, Judy Simpson (6,623 points).
Jessica went into the 2009 World Championships in Berlin as a resounding favourite, the only British athlete to go into their event as the number one in the world that year. The pressure of being the bookie's favourite to win didn't affect her performance. Jessica duly delivered the goods, leading from the first event through to the last and recording a life-time best of 6,731 points, exactly 100 points behind Denise Lewis' UK record, which is surely on borrowed time. Her first day score has only been bettered by Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Carolina Kluft, the two top performing women heptathletes of all time. In total, over the season she recorded six personal bests in 100m, 800m, 100m hurdles, long jump, shot and javelin.
Jessica won the Olympic heptathlon gold medal at London Olympic 2012, the first for Britain on the track at the London Games. On her way to the gold medal she scored 6,955 points, that is her personal best career points as well as national record. She came 1st in 100m Hurdles, 200m and 800m Race. She came 2nd in Long Jump, 5th in High Jump, 9th in Shot Put, 10th in Javelin.
Ennis competed at the 2003 World Youth Championships in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada in July and the 2004 World Junior Championships in Grosseto, Italy, but it was her winning performance at the 2005 European Athletics Junior Championships in Kaunas, Lithuania that brought her to the fore. Her first senior championships was the 2005 Universiade, held in ?zmir, Turkey, where she won the bronze medal with a new personal best of 5,910 points.
One of Ennis's first victories as a senior came in February 2004, when she was eighteen years old. She won the 60 metre hurdles at the Northern Senior Indoor Championships in a time of 8.60 seconds. Two weeks earlier she had won three Northern Junior Indoor Championship titles: the 60 metre sprint, the 60 metre hurdles and the high jump.
In her first outdoor competition of 2009, Jessica broke her personal best, scoring 6,587 points to win by 510 points in Desenzano del Garda. This was a fantastic performance after she was forced to miss the Olympic Games in Beijing with a stress fracture in her ankle. She finished off the event with a personal best in the 800m of 2 minutes 9.88 seconds. This performance moved her to third on the UK all-time lists of heptathletes, with a score only bettered by former Olympic and Commonwealth champion, Denise Lewis (6,831 points), and former Commonwealth champion, Judy Simpson (6,623 points).
Jessica went into the 2009 World Championships in Berlin as a resounding favourite, the only British athlete to go into their event as the number one in the world that year. The pressure of being the bookie's favourite to win didn't affect her performance. Jessica duly delivered the goods, leading from the first event through to the last and recording a life-time best of 6,731 points, exactly 100 points behind Denise Lewis' UK record, which is surely on borrowed time. Her first day score has only been bettered by Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Carolina Kluft, the two top performing women heptathletes of all time. In total, over the season she recorded six personal bests in 100m, 800m, 100m hurdles, long jump, shot and javelin.
Jessica won the Olympic heptathlon gold medal at London Olympic 2012, the first for Britain on the track at the London Games. On her way to the gold medal she scored 6,955 points, that is her personal best career points as well as national record. She came 1st in 100m Hurdles, 200m and 800m Race. She came 2nd in Long Jump, 5th in High Jump, 9th in Shot Put, 10th in Javelin.
Jessica Ennis Profile
| Name : | Jessica Ennis |
| Nickname : | Tadpole |
| Date of Birth : | 28th January, 1986 |
| Place of Birth : | Sheffield, England |
| Nationality : | British |
| Club : | City of Sheffield Athletic Club |
| Residence : | Sheffield, Kosovo, England |
| Height : | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) |
| Eyes Color : | Brown |
| Hair Color : | Light Brown |
| Measurements : | 36-25-36 |
| Ethnicity : | Mixed |
| Weight : | 130 lb (57 kg) |
| Occupation : | Track and Field Athlete |
| Hobbies : | Walking Her Dog |
| Event : | Heptathlon / Pentathlon |
| Zodiac Sign : | Aquarius |
| Education : | Graduate on Psychology at University of Sheffield |
| Family : | Father : David Michael Ennis Mother : Mary Ann Brodie Sister : Carmel Ennis, Natasha Ennis (Both Younger) Relation : Andy Hill |
| Fan Mail : | JCCM Ltd. Matrix Studios 91 Peterborough Road London, SW6 3BU UK |
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