2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon The women's heptathlon at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 22 and 23 August. Hanna Kasyanova (née Melnychenko) of Ukraine entered the competition as defending champion, although the favourite for the competition was the silver medalist of 2013 World Championships Brianne Theisen-Eaton who is the world leader by a margin of more than 250 points. Other potential winners and medalists were 2009 World and 2012 Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill, returning from giving birth to her first child, 2015 European pentathlon champion and 2014 world
Zahra Lachguer has won national titles in the 400 metres sprint, 400 m hurdles, javelin and heptathlon. Zahra Lachguer Zahra Lachguer (born 8 June 1978) is a Moroccan female former track and field athlete who specialised in the 400 metres hurdles. She was the gold medallist in the event at the 2002 African Championships in Athletics. She has won medals across several disciplines at the Pan Arab Games, including three 400 m hurdles medals, a javelin throw medal and a heptathlon medal. She was a 1999 Pan Arab Games gold medallist in the hurdles. Lachguer represented Africa at the 2002 IAAF World