She's onto a winner: Olympic pin-up Jessica Ennis marries fiancé she met at school

 
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20 May 2013
The Weekender

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Olympic champion Jessica Ennis married her long-term partner Andy Hill at a church in the Peak District in Derbyshire - and couldn't have looked happier about it.

The wedding took place in the very picturesque village of Hathersage, at the Church of St Michael and All Angels. About 100 guests are thought to have been present at the hour-long service before heading off to a reception at an undisclosed location.

Wearing a V-necked, sleeveless ivory silk dress with a ruffled tulle skirt and a full-length veil, Ennis carried a small posy of cream and pale pink roses. Mr Hill, a construction site manager, wore a dark grey morning suit, jazzed up with a pink tie and handkerchief.

Following the service, the couple grinned broadly as they posed for photographers.

Ennis and her fiancé, both from Sheffield, first met while at school and are reported to have been together for around eight years.

The 27-year-old athlete said last December that she was enjoying planning her "medium-sized" wedding and was "loving all the girlie stuff".

In a magazine interview published shortly after the couple announced their engagement in 2011, Mr Hill told how he had proposed to the athlete at their Sheffield home on Christmas Eve.

Ennnis, whose dress was initially shielded from view by a cloak, arrived with her parents for the ceremony, which was conducted by The Rev Katie Tupling, the priest-in-charge of St Michael's.

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