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Denise Lewis

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Dame Denise Rosemarie Lewis (born 27 August 1972) is a British sports administrator and former sports presenter and athletics 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 Championships silver medals in 1997 and 1999. She was the first European to win the Olympic heptathlon, though Europeans, including Briton Mary Peters, had won the Olympic pentathlon precursor event. Her personal best score for the heptathlon is 6,831 points, set at the Décastar meeting in 2000. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Denise Lewis is the 6,137th most popular athlete (down from 5,109th in 2024), the 8,079th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,686th in 2019) and the 212th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Denise Lewis ranks 6,137 out of 6,025. Before her are Simone Facey, Rustam Totrov, DeeDee Trotter, Irakli Turmanidze, Krisztián Veréb, and Annemarieke van Rumpt. After her are Matej Beňuš, Matteo Castaldo, Hossein Vafaei, Kim Jong-hyun, Innocent Egbunike, and Zhang Jin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Denise Lewis ranks 1,349. Before her are Immaculée Ilibagiza, Luke Greenfield, Imaani, Amy Weber, Mike Kohn, and Mark Kinsella. After her are Karl Pilkington, Samantha Riley, Karen Clark, Clayton Ince, Steph Cook, and Trisha Fallon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Denise Lewis ranks 8,081 out of 8,785. Before her are Merlene Frazer (1973), Joel Ward (1989), Abi Morgan (1968), Kris Boyd (1983), Julie Fowlis (1978), and Ross Edgar (1983). After her are Ian Cox (1971), Natasha Hamilton (1982), Karl Pilkington (1972), Sean St Ledger (1984), Mark Stanley (1988), and Ethan Nwaneri (2007).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Denise Lewis ranks 212. Before her are Katie Greves (1982), Vicky Holland (1986), Abdullah bin Mutaib Al Saud (1984), Darren Campbell (1973), Garry Herbert (1969), and Merlene Frazer (1973). After her are Melanie Wilson (1984), Beth Storry (1978), Fred Scarlett (1975), Steph Cook (1972), David Florence (1982), and Matthew Pinsent (1970).

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