The Commission
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Jessica Ennis b.1986
Jessica Ennis is a double world champion in the heptathlon (2009) and the indoor pentathlon (2010).
Ennis took up sport at the age of ten after a try out during the school holidays. In her first senior championship at the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won bronze. Five weeks before the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Ennis fractured her ankle. With the help of her coach, Toni Minichiello, she re-trained to compete using her other foot. Sheffield-born Ennis read psychology at her local university and trains at the Don Valley stadium in preparation for London 2012.
'I personally draw inspiration from my injury… When I think about those days, it makes me feel really thankful for what I’ve got.' Jessica Ennis
