Biography
Dame Denise Rosemarie Lewis (born 27 August 1972) is a British sports presenter and former track and field 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. That is a former British record and ranks her third on the all-time British lists behind Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Jessica Ennis-Hill.Since retiring from athletics, she has undertaken work on television and other media work, and is now a regular athletics pundit for BBC Television, including during the Olympic Games in London 2012, Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.
Filmography
all 15
TV Shows 12
self 9
Movies 3
Pelé: King of the Game (2023)
Game On: The Unstoppable Rise of Women's Sport (2023)
Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games Opening Ceremony (2022)
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel (2020)
All Star Musicals (2017)
Richard Osman's House of Games (2017)
Secret Britain (2010)
Angela and Friends (2009)
Let's Dance for Comic Relief (2009)
What Are You Like? (2008)
Would I Lie to You? (2007)
Celebrity Masterchef (2006)
8 Out of 10 Cats (2005)
Strictly Come Dancing (2004)
The Frank Skinner Show (1995)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1972-08-27 (51 years old)
Birth PlaceWest Bromwich, United Kingdom
Height1.73-meter
SpouseSteve Finan O'Connor
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
AwardsDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Officer of the Order of the British Empire
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