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Jo Mersh (Fenn), the model athlete
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She’s the girl who grew up in an impoverished community in East London in the 1980s, but who went on to model for Stella McCartney via representing Team GB at the Olympic Games. Competing as Jo Fenn in her athletics career, her story is one of raw talent, perseverance, heartbreaks and glory on the global stage. Unable to afford her first England Schools tracksuit, the young prodigy had to overcome years of injury struggles before breaking through in her mid 20s where she became the pin-up girl of British Athletics, earning her stripes at Olympic and Commonwealth Games and a superb bronze at the World Indoor Championships over 800m. Multi-talented and comfortable on stage, she worked as a model and as a singer. Her exuberance and effervescence have made her a hugely popular member of the British athletics community among fellow athletes, officials and fans of the sport. Now settled with her young family in New Zealand, Jo talks with typical humour, honesty and - with the odd song thrown in - gives a fascinating insight into her colourful life so far.
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