Richie Pearson
Sheffield's Ennis: 'British Olympic Athlete of the Year'
Sheffield heptathlete Jessica Ennis has rounded off her golden year of success by being voted British Olympic Athlete of the Year.
Fans voted for Ennis, the Olympic heptathlon champion, as a star of 2012.Ennis secured 48% of the vote, beating double Olympic champion Mo Farah by just 4%, UK Athletics said.
80,000 people at London's Olympic Stadium watched Ennis take gold in a new British record score of 6955.
"Thank you to all of the UK Athletics fans for voting me the British Olympic Athlete of the Year - what an honour," she said.
"The support of all the athletics fans is so important for us athletes and this year especially - your support at all the events running up to London was so important. What a great year 2012 has been!"
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