People Have Named Their Daughters After Me!

Everyone can remember watching the London olympics on Saturday 4 august 2012 as Jessica Ennis triumphantly took the fourth gold medal of the day for Team GB in the heptathlon, alongside fellow gold medal lists Greg Rutherford and mo Farah.

- Helen stuart

For Jess, only the birth of her son Reggie in July 2014 topped that amazing moment. after winning the silver in Rio last year, the 31-year-old has now retired and is expecting her second baby with husband Andy Hill…

‘It still feels quite strange being a Dame. The day itself was really nerve-racking, but it was so lovely to go down to London with my family. I got my CBE a few years ago, and I thought that was going to be the last time I’d ever go to Buckingham Palace, so to go back a few years later and get a damehood was really special. Am I going to make people call me Dame Jessica now? Not at all!’