Denise Lewis Biography

Denise Lewis OBE (born 27 August 1972 in West Bromwich) is a retired English track and field athlete who specialised in the heptathlon. She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Lewis was honoured as Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2001 New Year Honours. Since retiring from athletics she has undertaken various television and media work and is now a regular athletics pundit for BBC Television including during London 2012 and Rio 2016.
Born in West Bromwich to Jamaican-born parents Lewis grew up in Wolverhampton and was educated at The Regis School in Tettenhall later to become The King's School (Church of England). A £1 million sports hall was later built there and named in her honour.
Lewis was married to Belgian 200 metre-sprinter Patrick Stevens up until 2005. They have one daughter together. In 2006 Lewis married Steve Finan O'Connor former manager of the UK pop group All Saints and son of comedian Tom O'Connor. The couple have three children.

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