Ennis secured 48% of the vote, beating double Olympic Champion Mo Farah (Alberto Salazar) by just 4%.
After winning silver in the pentathlon at the World Indoor Championships in Istanbul in March, Ennis’ crowning glory was winning heptathlon gold at the London Olympic Games to the delight of the 80,000 capacity crowd.
En route to victory Ennis recorded the fastest ever 100m hurdles time in a heptathlon, while also extending her British record with a score of 6955.
The Sheffield star was delighted to receive the award and said:
“Thank you to all of the UK Athletics fans for voting me the British Olympic Athlete of the Year – what an honour!
“The support of all the athletics fans is so important for us athletes and this year especially – your support at all the events running up to London was so important. What a great year 2012 has been!”
