Jessica Ennis-Hill was always striving to be better because that was the person she was and growing up she would want to have a go at this or that event, so I think her grandfather had to renegotiate the deal People will say I am biased but to my mind Jess is the greatest British athlete of all time. Who else has had the career she has had? Olympic champion at London 2012. Double world champion. Seven global medals - more than any heptathlete in history - plus another couple in the Commonwealth ...
Her grandad gave Jess a fiver for a PB and £3 per medal - but became skint
The Guardian - 13 Oct 2016 21:59
Jessica Ennis-Hill was always striving to be better because that was the person she was and growing up she would want to have a go at this or that event, so I think her grandfather had to renegotiate the deal People will say I am biased but to my mind Jess is the greatest British athlete of all time. Who else has had the career she has had? Olympic champion at London 2012. Double world champion. Seven global medals - more than any heptathlete in history - plus another couple in the Commonwealth ...
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