6 on the all-time heptathlon lists. Sheâs a real expert and sheâs got all the heptathlon books.â Photograph: Jon Super for the Guardian, t was like I had a secret life,â Katarina Johnson-Thompson says as she describes how, as a girl, she reduced her mother to tears. Battle for gold. Olympic legend Daley Thompson will be joining in on an 800-kilometre cycle to raise money to tackle rare diseases. GENERELL INFORMASJON Vi har nå gjort om vår butikk til et showroom og Pick-up Point for henting av varer Bestill varene før du kommer Vi foretrekker at du bestiller varene du ønsker på forhånd i nettbutikken Da ligger varene klare til henting 2ALFA Husk å ta med gyldig våpenkort og legitimasjon hvis âBut I was determined and mum said, âOK â you can stop but you have to have a hobby.â I played a lot of football and I was a goalkeeper but I didnât really like playing in goal. Francis Morgan Ayodélé "Daley" Thompson CBE (født 30. âMy mum didnât like it at first but the funny thing is that, now, sheâs the biggest athletics fan out there. If sheâs going to come back sheâs going to come back proper. Outside of the major championships, Götzis is the venue where the most renowned athletes in the womenâs heptathlon and the menâs decathlon have competed through the decades. He is the son of Frank Thompson (father) and Lydia Thompson (mother). Daley Thompson calls it his Sliding Doors moment, ... Andrew died just 10 days after her 100th birthday - she passed away 'peacefully' at her care home from frailty with her daughter by her side. Next winter training we will be preparing for the Olympics.â Iâll be 23 in Rio but, in 2020, I really should be at my best. Johnson-Thompson was expected to be the GB teamâs outstanding performer in track and field at the Commonwealth Games and the European championships last summer. Daley Thompson, British decathlete who became only the second competitor in history to win the decathlon at two Olympic Games, capturing gold medals in 1980 and 1984. You can be in the shape of your life and then injury strikes. First Name Daley #3. Daley Thompson Fans Also Viewed . In a post heptathlon Day 1 interview, she stated: "High jump is one of my best events, I lost 200 points in just one event so that's massive. That was one of the most intense experiences of my life and I feel I can do any competition after I handled that at 19.â, Johnson-Thompson was inspired by Ennisâ composure in winning the gold medal despite excruciating pressure. I had to look away. Champion olympique en 1980 et 1984, champion du monde en 1983, champion d'Europe en 1982 et 1986, et triple vainqueur des Jeux du Commonwealth, Daley Thompson a également amélioré à quatre reprises le record du monde de la discipline. Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson (born 9 January 1993) is an English heptathlete. [17], In September, Johnson-Thompson was nominated for the "European Athletics Rising Star award". âBut the worlds in Beijing in August is my main aim this year. Francis Morgan Ayodélé "Daley" Thompson, född 30 juli 1958 i London, Storbritannien är en brittisk före detta friidrottare. I should have progressed a long way by then.â. In the call room thereâs a little TV showing the races and so I got even more nervous then. Ennis-Hill, who has married and become a mother since the London Olympics, will be tested by the rising force of the 22-year-old Liverpudlian. Such conviction is underlined by the fact that, last month, she broke two British indoor records in the high jump and the long jump. âMy training has gone better this year. Thatâs the best way to get results.â. With four world records, two Olympic gold medals, three Commonwealth titles, and wins in the World and European Championships, Daley Thompson is often considered the greatest decathlete the world has ever seen. Itâs strange because I could still walk around OK but the scan showed straightway it was a tiny stress-fracture in my take-off foot for the long jump and high jump. Ashton Eaton. Iâm in a great place and Iâm more determined. Decathletes. Juli 1958) er en tidligere engelsk ti-kæmper.. Thompson vandt guldmedaljer, i tikamp, ved de Olympiske lege i 1980 og 1984 samt satte verdensrekord i disciplinen fire gange.. Med fire verdensrekorder, to olympiske guldmedaljer og tre Commonwealth-titler samt sejre i verdens- og europamesterskaber, bliver Thompson af mange anset … By John … In June 2012 Johnson-Thompson achieved the 'A' qualifying standard for the 2012 Olympics by scoring a new personal best of 6,248 points at the TNT – Fortuna Meeting held in the Sletiště Stadium, Kladno, Czech Republic. âGötzis definitely felt like an unofficial world championships in 2014. [6] She later returned to Woolton, where she attended St Julie's Catholic High School and became close friends with future actress Jodie Comer,[7] and went on to study sports science at Liverpool John Moores University.[8][9]. His father was a taxi driver. Francis Morgan Oyodélé Thompson, communément appelé Daley Thompson (né le 30 juillet 1958 à Notting Hill, Londres) est un athlète britannique spécialiste du décathlon. [16], Johnson-Thompson competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's heptathlon alongside compatriots Jessica Ennis and Louise Hazel at the Olympic Stadium on 3–4 August 2012. Johnson-Thompson is ranked world No1 in both the pentathlon and outdoors in the heptathlon â where, over the next 18 months, her contests with Jessica Ennis-Hill, the returning Olympic champion, should produce some gripping battles. I thought 2010 was the worst I would have to go through â missing a whole season â but I was just a kid then. Daley Thompson was born on July 30, 1958 in Notting Hill, London to Frank Thompson and Lydia Thompson. âI wouldnât be so sure about that,â she says. I said to my coach the other day, âCan you believe it? Sheâs doing it again now following me.â. Bryan Clay. [18] In October, she won the "Lillian Board Memorial Award" (for junior women) at the 2012 British Athletics Writers' Association Awards. âIt was like I had a secret life,â Katarina Johnson-Thompson says as she describes how, as a girl, she reduced her mother to tears. She has little interest in ballet now even if she remains an ardent fan of Liverpool. Meanwhile, her motherâs dream of little Kat becoming a dancer one day has been replaced by grander ambitions. Her furtive preference for football in Liverpool ahead of ballet in London eventually led her to athletics and the point where, this week, she enters the European indoor championships as the clear favourite for the pentathlon. The womenâs hurdles in the heptathlon were the first races on the Olympic track and the stadium was packed. Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, CBE (born 30 July 1958), known as Daley Thompson, is a British former decathlete.He won the decathlon gold medal at the Olympic Games in 1980 and 1984, and broke the world record for the event four times.. With four world records, two Olympic gold medals, three Commonwealth titles, and wins in the World and European Championships, Thompson is considered … The one thing I learnt from the injury is how much you can take for granted. Itâs now up to me to perform even more strongly as defending champion. âMy whole indoor season has been aiming for this point. [20][21], On 11 July 2014, Johnson-Thompson set a new long jump personal best of 6.92 m at the Glasgow Diamond League meeting, taking her to number 2 on the British all-time list for the event. But my mum [Tracey] was a showgirl. Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson was born in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton on 9 January 1993,[2] the daughter of Tracey Johnson and Ricardo Thompson (died November 2017). Lisa is from Brigend and was Daley’s mistress while he was still married to his wife Tish. Everyone was obviously there to see Jess but when they called my name and the crowd saw my GB top they made a noise like Iâve never heard before. Daley Thompson Career: Sport: Decathlon: Club: Essex Beagles: Personal Best: Decathlon 8,847 points: Achievements: Olympic Games (2 medals – 2 gold) Decathlon: 1st (1980, 1984), 4th (1988) 4x100m relay: 7th (1984) Formed in 2011 by Olympic legend Daley Thompson and former GB athlete and TV Gladiator Kate Staples, the Academies are dedicated to engaging, energising and inspiring kids from the age of 5, delivering athletics based fun in the form of instruction, information and motivation delivered by top coaches and current GB athletes. First Name Daley. She is also receiving specialist coaching in her weakest event from Goldie Sayers, the leading British javelin thrower. âThis year is much bigger than 2014,â she says. This year lots of people are going with the British athletics supporters club and she can join up with them and watch Jess and me.â. Iâll just do what I normally do before any event and thatâs prepare myself and focus on what Iâve got to do. It felt like, ‘Yeah, this is the biggest competition outside the major championships.’ I was over the moon to win it.” [12] Her score of 6007 points was enough to take third position at the event behind Sofía Ifadídou of Greece and French athlete Blandine Maisonnier. It was strange because there were 80,000 people there. Decathlete. I went to the physio and they decided on a scan. Johnson-Thompson's heptathlon results include finishing 14th at the 2012 London Olympics, fifth at the 2013 World Championships, sixth at the 2016 Rio Olympics, and fifth at the 2017 World Championships. So you have to grab your opportunities.â. She is the reigning champion at Götzis as, last year, she produced a compelling victory over the former world No1 Brianne Theisen-Eaton. 6 on the all-time heptathlon lists. Daley Thompson Daley Thompson 2007. Thompson lost his father at the age of twelve, when his father was shot dead in Streatham. The superfit father of five – who won decathlon golds for Britain in the 1980 and 1984 Games – is newly-single. Itâs inevitable two such outstanding British heptathletes will be bracketed together and Johnson-Thompson seems to welcome Ennis-Hillâs re-emergence. At the meeting she set six new personal bests across the seven events to beat her previous best score by 241 points. This was much tougher. Johnson-Thompson can make a sporting cliche sound as thrilling as the textured drama of Götzis. âNadine Broersen, from the Netherlands, is the world indoor champion in the pentathlon and sheâll be there but Iâm in good form.â. It was a real lesson in staying calm and taking each event as it comes.â. Four years later, he returned to defend his title in Los Angeles. [14], At the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Barcelona, Johnson-Thompson chose not to compete in the full heptathlon competition to save herself for the Olympics; instead she took part in the long jump—winning a gold medal with a jump of 6.81 metres—and the 100 metres hurdles. âNot yet but sheâs all set for the worlds and Beijing in August. Daley Thompson, Self: Stopwatch. [13] The score also meant she had surpassed the 'B' qualifying standard for the 2012 Olympics, however it fell short of the 6,150 points 'A' standard. Daley [Thompson], Denise [Lewis], Carolina [Kluft] and Jess. She travelled all around the world, as a dancer, and thatâs how she met my dad â in the Bahamas. Of course my mumâs going and last year she was on her own. [28], Johnson-Thompson competed at the 2016 Hypo-Meeting in May of that year, her first major competition since undergoing knee surgery in the autumn of 2015: she finished the competition in sixth with a score of 6,304 points, securing her place at the 2016 Summer Olympics by beating the qualifying standard of 6,200 points. She also holds the British high jump records with 1.98 m outdoors (2016) and 1.97 m indoors (2015). The crowd were clapping for me and it spurred me on. Daley Thompson: Narození: 30. července 1958 (62 let) Londýn: Ocenění: BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award (1982) komandér Řádu britského impéria: multimediální obsah na Commons: Některá data mohou pocházet z datové položky. Parhaan tuloksensa 8847 pistettä hän teki vuoden 1984 olympialaisissa. [9] She missed most of the 2010 athletics season suffering from patellar tendinopathy, also known as jumper's knee. Has her mum started to make travel plans for Rio? But Elliot Thompson, 24, is … In April, the Sunday Mercury revealed that the father-of-three was setting up home with 30-year-old Lisa Clayton, in Bridgnorth, Shropshire, just days after splitting from his wife, Tish. Jess was 26 when she won London and in 2020 Iâll be 27. She was dancing in Tokyo when she was 18 so sheâs already seen a lot of the world. âIt was the same at the high jump because 80,000 people stayed on that night. It seems fitting that Johnson-Thompson will compete for so many significant titles around the globe over the next 18 months. [27], In August 2015, Johnson-Thompson finished in 28th place in the heptathlon at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing after three foul jumps in the long jump. [15], In early April 2012, alongside Tiffany Porter and Yamilé Aldama, she was nominated for "European Athlete of the Month" for March. 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Johnson-Thompson represents Liverpool Harriers and was formerly coached by Mike Holmes. The highly significant Hypo Meeting will mark Ennis-Hillâs first competitive appearance in the heptathlon since 2012. She tweeted me a lovely message.â. [30], In September 2016, UK Athletics confirmed that Johnson-Thompson had split with coach Mike Holmes, having been trained by him since 2008. [citation needed], On 21 February 2015, Johnson-Thompson set a new indoor British long jump record with a distance of 6.93 m at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix. There was a presentation the night before and the top six were on stage and they showed footage of all the greats who had won Götzis â going back 40 years. She is a lifelong fan of Liverpool FC. Ennis-Hill has stated that, when she matures fully, Johnson-Thompson will be a better heptathlete than even her. âIâm at my best in that kind of atmosphere where there is a lot of pressure and a big crowd,â Johnson-Thompson says as she celebrates swapping her secret life as a sports-mad girl for a very public stage. [29], She missed out on a medal at the Games, taking sixth in the heptathlon, although her performance in the heptathlon high jump of 1.98 m set a new British high jump record, and would have been good enough to take gold in the stand-alone Olympic high jump competition. WHEN Daley Thompson is your dad you would think it probably best to avoid the decathlon if you were going to take up sport. [33] Johnson-Thompson finished in 5th place with 6558 points. I havenât done the pentathlon since 2012 so Iâm excited to be back but I know it wonât be easy and thereâs going to be stiff competition. The 25-year-old Londoner won his second successive Olympic gold medal for the decathlon … After moving to Montpellier, she was expected to land a podium position but was not able to surpass the 1.86 barrier in the heptathlon's high jump, with a successful jump at 1.80 m, which gave her 978 points. "Objectionable, charmless and rude," a Times reporter once wrote of Daley Thompson, "this is not a man destined to become a sports diplomat." There were a lot of tears. They have two children, Alex, 14 and Aaron, nine. Mum said: âIâm soooooooooo nervous.â She admitted she should have just texted me a smiley face but she ended up being so nervous she almost made me nervous. He was born on July 30, 1958 at Notting Hill, London, United Kingdom. And before the 800m [the final event], she texted me with loads of âoooooooooosâ in the message. Johnson-Thompson might have a mouthful of a name but she is often just called KJT â and her initials and sporting prowess could light up both this yearâs world championships in Beijing and the Rio Olympics in 2016. In the long jump, she was the 2012 World Junior Champion and the 2014 World Indoor silver medalist. Carl Lewis. [38] She has been in a relationship with fellow athlete Andrew Pozzi since 2018. Last modified on Wed 21 Feb 2018 15.10 GMT. Participants in the Steve Waugh Foundation’s Captain’s Ride will travel through regional Queensland over six days to raise money for children affected by a rare disease. When I was little, literally in nappies, she had me going to dance class. [37], Johnson-Thompson moved to Montpellier in 2016, and currently splits her time between Montpellier and her home city of Liverpool. Johnson-Thompson won the 2018 World indoor pentathlon title and the 2018 Commonwealth Games heptathlon titles,[34] before going on to win a silver medal behind World and Olympic champion Nafi Thiam in the heptathlon at the 2018 European Championships, recording a personal best score of 6759 points,[35] to move into the world all-time Top 25. Daley Thompson voitti kymmenottelun olympiakultaa 1980 ja 1984 sekä rikkoi lajin maailmanennätyksen kolme kertaa. It brings out the best performance in me. Most Popular #86327. She finished in 13th place with a score of 6267. 10 talking about this. [1] She also holds the British record of 5,000 points for the women's pentathlon and won gold in that event at the 2015 and 2019 European Indoor Championships, as well as the 2018 World Indoor Championships. [32], On 5–6 August 2017, Johnson-Thompson competed in the heptathlon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics held in London. [19], In the 2013 IAAF World Championships heptathlon, Johnson-Thompson finished in 5th place. âThose last six months of 2014 were really tough. [12] The second son of a Nigerian father and Scottish mother, Daley showed a remarkable aptitude for sport while at boarding school in Sussex. âThatâs the kind of athlete I am. Decathlete #2. Johnson-Thompson chuckles wryly at the suggestion Ennis-Hill might struggle, after a two-and-a-half-year break, to replicate her best form. I jumped 1.89m, which was a PB for me at the time. It felt like, âYeah, this is the biggest competition outside the major championships.â I was over the moon to win it.â. [24], Johnson-Thompson set a new British high jump record with a height of 1.97 metres at the British Indoor Championships in Sheffield on 14 February 2015,[25] surpassing her previous record of 1.96 metres set on 8 February 2014. Dan O'Brien. Iâm hoping there are going to be a few of those between Prague and Rio.â, Heptathlete reveals her reverse Billy Elliott moment as she prepares for the world championships, Rio 2016 and battles with the returning Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill, Katarina Johnson-Thompson: I broke my mumâs heart by ditching ballet, âThankfully I found athletics,â says Katarina Johnson-Thompson. He also created four world records, won three commonwealth gold medals (1978, 82 and 86), two European championships (1983 and 86) and was unbeaten for nine years. 62 Year Olds. Daley Thompson real name is Francis Morgan Ayodele Daley Thompson. Byline: LUCY MILES OLYMPIC decathlete Daley Thompson has become a dad again - after his former Midland lover gave birth to a baby boy. Everything else had ended but everyone was there to watch the womenâs heptathlon high jump. I'm massively disappointed but I'm trying to move on. âIt was really close and mum was there, keeping the rest of the family up to date with how I was doing. The European championships, in Prague, this week offer Johnson-Thompson her first major opportunity in a year that will build inexorably towards the Rio Olympics. That first Olympic experience vindicated Johnson-Thompsonâs decision to abandon dance and football for athletics. I havenât spoken to Jess for a while, as sheâs been pretty busy being a mum, but she was very nice when I got injured before the Commonwealths last year. Olympic legend Daley Thompson is looking for love again – at the age of 60. She had been lying in second place to Jessica Ennis-Hill after the first day of events. My mum didnât like it at first but the funny thing is that, now, sheâs the biggest athletics fan out there. She also competed in the single high jump event, finishing fifth with a Season's Best jump at 1.95 m.[citation needed]. Young Lyric. Daley Thompson Is A Member Of . Daley [Thompson], Denise [Lewis], Carolina [Kluft] and Jess. Leos. I like to step up to the occasion. In his way stood his great rival, Jürgen Hingsen of West Germany. âI was naive then. Her motherâs previous obsession with dance has merged into an immersion in the heptathlon â that gruelling examination in seven disciplines of track and field which Ennis-Hill and Johnson-Thompson will face in May at Götzis in Austria. Decathlete. After a first day which left her in 5th place, with a PB in the 200 m, she had an excellent second day with PB's in the Long Jump, Javelin and the 800 m. However, she admitted afterwards that she wished she had set her target of finishing in the Top 8 with more ambition, having finished just 28 points away from bronze medallist Dafne Schippers. At the age of nine, with an audition for the Royal Ballet School lined up, Johnson-Thompson reversed Billy Elliotâs cinematic route and chose sport over dance. Daley Thompson Popularity . It then went away but the next day it was still hurting. Friidrott, herrar. She points to her unforgettable experience as a teenager at London 2012 as invaluable exposure. In Day 2, long jump is one of my good events so hopefully I can do well there". Sheâs a real expert and sheâs got all the heptathlon books.â. Her furtive preference for football in Liverpool ahead of ballet in London eventually led her to athletics and the point where, this week, she enters the European indoor championships as the, ⢠Katarina Johnson-Thompson eyes up records, Ennis-Hillâs first competitive appearance in the heptathlon since 2012, she produced a compelling victory over the former world No1 Brianne Theisen-Eaton, receiving specialist coaching in her weakest event from Goldie Sayers, the leading British javelin thrower. âAt the moment Iâm just thinking about the Europeans and, then, Götzis,â Johnson-Thompson says. At the age of nine, with an audition for the Royal Ballet School lined up, Johnson-Thompson reversed Billy Elliotâs cinematic route and chose sport over dance. She won the gold medal in the heptathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games before winning the silver medal at the 2018 European Championships with a personal best score of 6,759 points, which moved her into the world all-time Top 25. The son of a Nigerian father and a Scottish mother, Thompson made his debut in the decathlon at age 16, winning a competition in He was the first man to win two Olympic gold medals and a World Championship. The Olympics are also coming closer. Il est considé… British decathlon hopeful Daley Thompson entered the May 1980 Götzis international championship in Austria merely as a warm-up and fine-tuning for the Summer Games in Moscow. Clearly, her younger rival has the potential to also become an Olympic champion. She was under such pressure but you would never have known it by the way she conducted herself. Francis Morgan «Daley» Thompson (født 30. juli 1958 i London) er en tidligere britisk friidrettsutøver.Han vant to OL-gull, ett VM-gull, to EM-gull og satte fire verdensrekorder i tikamp.Han var ubeseiret mellom 1979 og 1987.. Thompson og den bitre konkurrenten Jürgen Hingsen vekslet på å inneha verdensrekorden, selv om Thompson vant når de møttes. In May 2019, at the 45th Hypomeeting in Götzis, Johnson-Thompson recorded a new personal best of 6,813 in the Heptathlon, taking her up to 18th on the world all-time list. It was only when I was nine that I said: âI donât really enjoy this â¦â Mum was upset and even my dance teacher was crying. Recorded at The Academy Graduation during Tamworth Country Music Festival 2019 [22] Johnson-Thompson won gold at the 2014 edition of the prestigious heptathlon Hypo-Meeting in Götzis[23] with a world leading personal best score of 6682 but missed the Commonwealth Games and the European Championships after suffering a foot injury. Daley Thompson has won more decathlon honours than any man before him. The injury took longer to heal so we decided not to risk it. At the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Brixen, Italy, she won the gold medal in the heptathlon. [36], She won the heptathlon 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar with a British record of 6981 points. âI get asked about her all the time but the reigning Olympic champion coming back, after the glory of 2012, is very exciting. Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s rivalry with fellow British poster girl Jessica Ennis-Hill has been one of the big stories of the Games so far, but little has been heard about her father. Francis Daley Thompson Wiki Biography Francis Morgan Ayodélé "Daley" Thompson CBE (born 30 July 1958), is an English former decathlete. She won the gold medal at the 2019 World Championships and broke the British record with a score of 6,981 points, which ranks her at No. I didnât understand how big it all was until I got to the stadium. [10][11], Johnson-Thompson broke Jessica Ennis' British junior record at the Multistars competition held in Desenzano del Garda, Italy in May 2012. More July 30 Birthdays. Thankfully I found athletics. Mum gets so nervous, much more than me, and before all my high jumps I could see her praying. Daley Thompson was born on July 30, 1958 in London, England as Francis Daley Thompson. 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