Strictly Come Dancing fans have been left amazed by a former contestant’s ageless beauty.
Iconic athlete Denise Lewis competed on Strictly way back in 2004. However fans have been left amazed by her gorgeous looks after spotting her covering the Olympics in Paris.
The heptathlon won gold at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. She also competed in Atlanta in 1996.
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But she almost took the top spot in Strictly too, in its second series. She was the runner-up behind soap star Jill Halfpenny.
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Having seen her at the Olympics, fans have been praising Denise, who is now 51. One wrote on X: “Speaking of 20 years of Strictly, Denise Lewis has not aged a single day since her epic samba!”
Another said: “I just said this to my husband, she looks a million dollars. She could turn out that Quickstep without thinking twice.”
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Over on Instagram, someone else told Denise: “You never age,” adding a heart-eye emoji. As someone else said: “Always so elegant.”
Back in 2004, Denise was partnered with Ian Waite. Then 12 years later she came back for a Christmas special, this time dancing with Anton Du Beke.
But it’s her glittering athletics career that Denise is best known for. She has picked up a number of medals at the Olympics and various European and World Championships.
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She also won gold at the Commonwealth Games in 1994 and 1998.
Since retiring from competing, Denise has been a regular face on the BBC as an athletics pundit. She was also awarded an OBE in 2001.
Outside of her career, Denise is married to Steve Finan O’Connor, who is a music manager. They have three sons, while Denise has a daughter from a previous relationship too.
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