Andy Murray and the 2012 medals
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Jessica Ennis's Olympic gold medal was earned in the heptathlon, a combined event that draws together several different track and field disciplines into a single, gruelling contest. Success there depends on strength across a wide range of skills rather than a single specialism, which is part of what makes a heptathlon medal such a rare achievement.
Tennis then provided the year's next headline. Andy Murray won the singles title at the US Open in 2012, and in the same year he also took an Olympic gold medal and an Olympic silver medal, before finishing runner-up in the Wimbledon men's singles final.
Paralympic swimming closed out the list. Ellie Simmonds won further Paralympic gold medals in 2012, adding to the success she had already shown at an earlier Games and confirming her place among the leading swimmers of her generation.
What to remember
| Jessica Ennis’s 2012 Olympic gold medal | the heptathlon 2012 |
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 Andy Murray winning the US Open men’s singles title | 2012 His win ended Britain's long wait for a men's Grand Slam singles title, stretching back to 1936. |
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| Andy Murray winning Olympic gold and silver medals | 2012 Part of a stellar year: the same 2012 that brought his US Open title and Wimbledon runner-up finish. |
| Andy Murray’s runner-up finish in the Wimbledon men’s singles | 2012 That same year he went one better by winning the US Open instead. |
| Ellie Simmonds’s second Paralympic swimming gold medals | 2012 She also holds a number of world records across her swimming events. |
| Won the US Open men’s singles title in 2012 | Andy Murray |
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