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Jessica Ennis

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Jessica Ennis

Jessica Ennis (United Kingdom) Athletics, 23

Having missed the 2008 Beijing Olympics with a stress fracture of the ankle, Jessica Ennis came back in style to win the heptathlon gold medal in the World Championships in Berlin. In a brilliant 2009, she produced a new personal best at the IAAF World Combined Events Challenge in Desenzano del Garda to win the event with a total of 6,587 points, and became World champion in Berlin with another personal best of 6,731.