Denise Lewis Biography
Denise Lewis DBE is a British sports presenter, administrator, and former track and field athlete who excelled in the heptathlon.
How old is Denise Lewis? – Age
She is 51 years old as of 27 August 2023. She was born in 1972 in West Bromwich, United Kingdom. Her real name is Dame Denise Rosemarie Lewis.
Denise Lewis Family – Education
Lewis was born to Jamaican-born parents. He grew up in Pendeford, Wolverhampton, and attended the Regis School in Tettenhall, which eventually became the King’s School.
Denise Lewis Husband
Lewis was in a relationship with Belgian sprinter Patrick Stevens from the late 1990s to 2005, and they have a daughter together. Lewis married Steve Finan O’Connor in 2006, the former manager of the UK musical group All Saints, current manager of Liam Payne, and son of comedian Tom O’Connor. They have three boys.
Denise Lewis Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 million.
Denise Lewis Height
She stands at a height of 5 feet, 9 inches (1.75 m).
Denise Lewis Heptathlon Game
She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, was twice Commonwealth Games champion, European Champion in 1998, and silver medalist at the World Championships in 1997 and 1999. She was the first European to win the Olympic heptathlon, although Europeans, including British athlete Mary Peters, had won the Olympic pentathlon precursor event.
Her personal best in the heptathlon is 6,831 points, achieved at the Décastar tournament in 2000. That is a previous British record and places her third on the all-time British list, trailing only twice World and Commonwealth Games champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Olympic, three-time World, and European champion Jessica Ennis-Hill Lewis, along with pentathletes Mary Rand and Dame Mary Peters, is regarded as one of Britain’s best female multi-eventers, as well as the first in a line of British global heptathlon champions.
Denise Lewis Career
In the primary occasion, Lewis rerecorded 13.23 seconds for the 100 meters obstacles, to be in runner up behind the title holder, Eunice Hairdresser, who had completed in 12.97 seconds. Ghada Shouaa, the 1996 Olympic boss, took out after just 20 meters of her intensity.
After a lackluster showing in the high leap, clearing just 1.75m, some way off her own best, Lewis was in eighth spot, 152 focuses behind Hairdresser who had expanded her lead. In the third occasion, the shot put, Lewis recorded a distance of 15.55m, ;lplacing her second, 30 focuses behind Natallia Sazanovich and 45 focuses in front of previous title holder Sabine Braun. Hair stylist’s distance of 11.27m put her in eighth spot.
In the last occasion of the day, the 200 meters, Lewis recorded a period of 24.34 sec. Braun’s time put her in 6th position. A solid run by Natalya Roshchupkina moved her from 6th situation to second, driving Lewis into third spot. The main occasion on the subsequent day was the long leap. Lewis’ best leap was 6.48m, possibly behind Yelena Prokhorova and Sazanovich. Eunice Stylist, battling with injury, pulled out after this occasion. In occasion six, the spear, Lewis accomplished a toss of 50.19m. With her nearest matches some way further back she moved into the lead position, with Sazanovich 63 focuses behind in runner up and Prokhorova in third a further 83 focuses behind.
In the last occasion, the 800 meters, Lewis ran with the lower some portion of her passed on leg swathed because of a calf and Achilles ligament injury, meaning to remain nearby to the race chiefs to keep up with her focuses advantage. Prokhorova came out on top in the race convincingly and when Lewis went too far behind Sazanovich it was not satisfactory, from the beginning, on the off chance that Lewis’ season of 2:16.83 was sufficient to hold ahead of everyone else. After the singular focuses had been determined, it was declared that Lewis had won with a sum of 6,584 places. Prokhorova was second with 6,531 (53 focuses behind Lewis), and Sazanovich was third with 6,527 (4 focuses behind Prokhorova). At the 2004 Olympics, Lewis was experiencing various wounds and pulled out from the opposition after the long leap. Colleague and preparing accomplice Kelly Sotherton took bronze.