Heptathlon

A heptathlon is a track and field combined events contest made up of seven events, competed by female athletes at the IAAF World Championships. It is the women's equivalent of decathlon.

The first World Champion was East Germany's Ramona Neubert in 1983.

The record for Heptathlon titles is by Sweden's Carolina Klüft who won three straight titles in 2003, 2005 and 2007. She was, of course, the first woman to defend her Heptathlon World Championship. Later, Jessica Ennis-Hill, who had already retired from athletics, also became a three time world champion when Tatyana Chernova was stripped of her gold medal for doping.

Champions

 * 1983: Romana Neubert
 * 1987: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
 * 1991: Sabine Braun
 * 1993: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
 * 1995: Ghada Shouaa
 * 1997: Sabine Braun
 * 1999: Eunice Barber
 * 2001: Yelena Prokhorova
 * 2003: Carolina Klüft
 * 2005: Carolina Klüft
 * 2007: Carolina Klüft
 * 2009: Jessica Ennis
 * 2011: Tatyana Chernova Jessica Ennis
 * 2013: Hanna Melnychenko
 * 2015: Jessica Ennis-Hill