Denise Lewis

About

English heptathlon athlete who won an Olympic gold medal at the 2000 Sydney games and a bronze at the 1996 Atlanta games.

Before Fame

She won her first major athletic medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

Trivia

She earned Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year honors three times (in 1994, 1998, and 2000).

Family Life

She married Steve Finan O'Connor in 2006. The couple later raised three children: Lauryn, Ryan, and Kane.

Associated With

In 2011, she joined Roger Bannister in the England Athletics Hall of Fame.