hurdles as an individual event at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. At the time it set a new British Record in the individual event. Ennis was the British record holder for the heptathlon until 2019 with a score of 6,955 points, breaking Olympic gold-medallist Denise Lewis's previous record of 6,831 points. Were Ennis to equal all of her personal bests in a single heptathlon competition, she would achieve a total of 7,175 points; Lewis's equivalent personal best total would be 6,970 points. Outdoor Personal Bests Indoor Personal Bests Progression of best heptathlon score See also High Jump Differentials – Women 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics gold post boxes References and notes Further reading Jessica Ennis (2012) Unbelievable – From My Childhood Dreams To Winning Olympic Gold (Hodder & Stoughton) autobiography External links Profile: Jessica Ennis SheffieldAthletics.co.uk Profile: Jessica Ennis All-Athletics.com Profile: Jessica Ennis thepowerof10.info Profile: Jessica Ennis Inspirational Story olympics30.com 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Sheffield British heptathletes British female hurdlers British high jumpers Olympic heptathletes Olympic athletes of Great Britain Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics English Olympic medallists Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Universiade bronze medalists for Great Britain Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners World Athletics Indoor Championships winners European Athletics Championships medalists British Athletics Championships winners Laureus World Sports Awards winners European Athlete of the Year winners The Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year winners BBC Sports Personality Lifetime Achievement Award recipients European Athletics Rising Star of the Year winners Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Sporting dames Black British sportswomen English people of Jamaican descent Alumni of the University of Sheffield People educated at King Ecgbert School Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games