Jamie was born on April 21st 1977, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Jamie and her now husband David Pelletier won the 2002 Olympic gold medals in pair skating, and they have won several other world championship titles as a pair.
1) Adlington makes a splash
It had been almost half a century since Britain last won Olympic gold in a womens' swimming event; then Rebecca Adlington came along and won two in a single Games. Her victory in the 400m freestyle made her the first British female gold medallist in the pool since Anita Lonsbrough in 1960. But it was her world-record-breaking, utterly dominant win in the 800m freestyle that really stamped the pride of Mansfield as a global star.
2) Three golds for Hoy
Chris Hoy encapsulated the British dominance of the cycling events in China with golds in the sprint, the keirin and the team sprint. Cycling has long been an exemplary squad within the British Olympic family, with other sports encouraged to follow their formats. Hoy got the hat-trick of medals, but hardly any of his team-mates missed out.
3) Ben again
The British sailing squad were as dominant on the storm-tossed waters of Qingdao as their cycle-mounted compatriots were in Beijing. Ben Ainslie led the fleet with his third gold medal in as many Games, and this shy but immensely gifted sailor must be one of the strongest favourites for a home victory when the Olympic Regatta comes to Weymouth in 2012. 
4) Lightning Bolt
The Jamaican sprinter broke three world records and won three gold medals, and the style and confidence of his running suggested that the 22-year-old, later voted Male Athlete of the Year, might have many more medals in him. Michael Johnson, a great admirer of Bolt, must be dreading an attack on his 400m record. 
5) Vaulting ambition
The sensational Russian pole-vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva became the darling of the Bird's Nest stadium with her world-record-breaking performances. The mark of 5.05 metres that she set in winning the gold medal was the 24th world record for this dazzlingly attractive and talented athlete. 
6) That Yngling feeling
Sarah Ayton, Sarah Webb and Pippa Wilson won the Yngling keelboat class in the Olympic Regatta in Qingdao in great style, and epitomised the nation's confidence in all the Olympic sailing classes. It was a second gold for Ayton and Webb, and the "three blondes in a boat" tag should in no way detract from their admirable athleticism and professionalism. 
7) Romero the rider
Four years after winning Olympic silver in the quadruple sculls on the rowing course in Athens, Rebecca Romero took to the cycle track to become the first British woman ever to compete in two different Olympic sports. But she went better than that, and better than her Athens performance, in winning the individual pursuit gold medal. Only one other woman has won medals in two different sports at the summer Games, and she was from East Germany. 
8) Ohuruogu on the go
The sprinter from east London won Great Britain's 50th gold medal in Olympic athletics when she triumphed in the 400 metres. The 24-year-old has survived controversy over a missed drugs test, and having been brought up less than a mile from the Olympic stadium now rising in Stratford, promises to be one of the most compelling athletes at the London Games in 2012. 
9) Wiggins keeps on winning
Bradley Wiggins set a remarkable record with three medals at the Athens Olympics four years ago, and could not match it last summer: he won only two medals in Beijing, but at least they were both gold. Wiggins became the first rider ever to successfully defend his Olympic title in the individual pursuit, and then helped to collectively murder the opposition in the team pursuit event. 
10) Nicole Cooke
Hard to ignore the achievements of so many British cyclists; impossible to ignore the indefatigable Cooke, who had won almost everything in her sport except an Olympic gold medal, and who had been a disappointment at the Greek Games. Victory in the road race in China was not only a personal vindication, but Great Britain's 200th gold in the modern Olympics.
