Two-time world heptathlon champion Katarina Johnson-Thompson is looking to win the gold in the event at the Rome European Athletics Championships from June 7-12.
“It’s a title that I haven’t won and a title I’d like to have. But as a heptathlete, I know that so much can go right, so much can go wrong, so much can happen, so much can happen in the beginning. I just really want to give a good performance and I think I can give the best performance when I say it instead of thinking about the result”, said Katarina Johnson-Thompson. “I feel really motivated – probably more motivated than ever since last year. Now I just want to put in a good performance”, added she.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson is primarily known as both a heptathlete and an indoor pentathlete. In heptathlon she is a double world champion and double Commonwealth Games champion. In indoor pentathlon, she is a world and double European champion.
She won the heptathlon gold medal at the 2019 World Championships, breaking the British record with a score of 6,981 points which ranks her at No 6 on the all-time lists. Her heptathlon results include finishing 14th at the London 2012 Olympics, fifth at the 2013 World Championships, sixth at the Rio 2016 Olympics, and fifth at the 2017 World Championships. She won the gold medal in the event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games before claiming silver at the 2018 European Athletics Championships. She retained her title at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She also holds the British indoor pentathlon record of 5,000 points and won gold in that event at the 2018 World Indoor Championships, as well as the 2015 and 2019 European Indoor Championships.
