Jessica Ennis
Summary
Jessica Ennis (born 28 January 1986 in Sheffield) is a British athlete. A member of the City of Sheffield Athletic Club, she is the current world Heptathlon champion and world indoor pentathlon champion.One of two daughters born to Vinnie Ennis and Alison Powell, Ennis has a younger sister called Carmel. Her father, originally from Jamaica, is a self-employed painter and decorator; her mother, a social worker, was born in Derbyshire. Neither of her parents was particularly sporty, but her father did some sprinting at school whilst her mother favoured the high jump. They introduced her to athletics by taking her to a 'Start:Track' event at Sheffield's Don Valley Stadium during the 1996 school summer holidays.
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The corrections column co-editor on... women's sport in the Guardian
The sports desk used torun a weekly women's football report but dropped it because of lack of interest.
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A unique opportunity to race at top Olympic venue, Dorney Lake!
Professional event organisers, Gable Events, have launched the first Corporate Dragon Boat Challenge to be held at the London 2012 Olympic rowing and canoeing venue, Dorney Lake, Windsor, and are inviting companies throughout the Thames Valley, London and the South East to enter teams in this unique event. This exciting new team building challenge takes [.
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BBC Sports Personality of the Year | Review
Just revisiting so many golden moments was pure serotonin as Auntie enjoyed reliving the wonders of the sporting year.
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Twitter’s Top 10 UK Promoted Product campaigns in 2012
As more and more brands have turned to social media in 2012 Twitter has taken a look at some of the most successful Promoted Product campaigns in a year where it made improvements to targeting and where advertisers were reporting strong results on mobile. The list serves as a good reminder of what brands tried during 2012 and will also hopefully provide ideas for others who are thinking about using more social media in their 2013 digital campaigns.
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Wiggins and Ennis get sports journalists’ vote
Britain’s sports journalists have named Bradley Wiggins and Jessica Ennis as their top sportsmen and women of 2012. With the BBC’s Sports Personality of the. . .
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Sheftival festival goers offset carbon footprint to the tune of 2.74 tons
During August 2012, summer festival Sheftival championed the successful ‘Not Driving’ Campaign where people from all over South Yorkshire were encouraged to leave their cars at home and hit the pavements instead. The result? A whopping offset of carbon emissions totalling 2. 74 metric tons. A total of 10,218 miles were pledged by festival goers on [.
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Event Production Success; Agency insight for your next Awards Ceremony and Dinner
Do your awards ceremonies work as a driver for meaningful business change? Do they genuinely recognise a good job, well done and do they stimulate renewed endeavour and returns on investment by creating a culture of ‘above and beyond?’ Away from the corporate arena, inspirational awards ceremonies are numerous and provide valuable insight for the [.
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Social media and sport – can brands play the field right?
The Twenty20 World Cup cricket tournament kicked off this week and it will be, by admission of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the “most socially-networked event in the history of cricket”. Given that we’ve just enjoyed a summer of intense sporting activity too, thanks to the Olympic and Paralympic games, it seems hard to remember a time in which social media and sport were not intrinsically linked to one another.
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BBC director general calls for more women's sport coverage
George Entwistle says in Radio Times interview that corporation can't compete with Sky to buy many sporting rights.
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Production Success for First Ever Sheftival
Football fans across the country were in uproar last year when England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup were dashed on a grand scale. Having spent millions on the bid process, FIFA members voted to host the tournament in Russia, giving England just two votes. However, with the London Olympics taking centre stage, not [.
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