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Lewis was voted "Sportswoman of the Year" by the Sports Journalists' Association SJA in , and , a joint-record three times, while also being named as runner up in Lewis won the Sunday Times "Sportswoman of the Year" a record three times, in , and As of , she ranks 15th in the Heptathlon all-time list. All American Speakers Bureau is a full-service talent booking agency providing information on booking Denise Lewis for speaking engagements, personal appearances and corporate events.

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Check Availability For Denise Lewis. Lewis also took the heptathlon title at both the European Championships and Commonwealth Games in She again raised her British record at the start of and was co-favourite for the Sydney Olympic title with Eunice Barber. Although Lewis struggled with injury throughout the year she arrived in Sydney in better shape than Barber who did not survive the first day of the event. She took the lead after the sixth event, the javelin, and held on to become the first British female multi-event champion since Mary Peters in A continuous struggle with injury saw her career decline from this point and she would only complete two more heptathlons in the rest of the career.

She returned to place fifth in the World Championships but pulled out after five of the seven events at the Athens Olympics and announced her retirement shortly afterwards. Lewis has remained a familiar face on British television as part of the BBC athletics commentary team and as a contestant on the programme Strictly Come Dancing.

She has a daughter from a relationship with Belgian sprinter Patrick Stevens and two children with husband Steve Finan, a music impresario.