Who won the gold medal in the heptathlon in the 2000 Olympics?
Denise Lewis Denise Lewis Denise Lewis, (born 27 August 1972, in West Bromwich) is a retired British 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. The first day of the 2000 Summer Olympics heptathlon was 23 September. In the first
Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon The Women's Heptathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics as part of the athletics program was held at the Stadium Australia on Wednesday 23 September and Thursday 24 September. <br> Both Lewis and Sazanovich had won medals (bronze and silver respectively) at the previous Olympics in 1996. Prokhorova would go on to win the 2001 World Championships. At the next Olympic Games in 2004, Prokhorova finished fifth while Lewis did not finish because of injury. These were the standing world and Olympic records (in points) prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics. Points