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
Canada at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics hurdles who is sitting out the season to give birth to her first child. Other notable absences include 2010 Commonwealth Games gold medalists Alice Falaiye, Sultana Frizell and Nicole Forrester. The following athletes appeared on the preliminary Entry List, but not on the Official Start List of the specific event, resulting in total number of 28 competitors: The following Canadian competitor won a medal at the Championships Decathlon Heptathlon Canada at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics Canada competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea. A team of 32