- Nina Kennedy has revealed the funny nickname she would give herself
- Kennedy, 27, won gold at the Olympics in pole vault
- He has won legions of new fans with his infectious personality.
Nina Kennedy’s refreshing honesty has won her many new fans at the Olympics, and Australia’s latest gold medallist was back on the attack with a hilarious response following her triumph in Paris.
Kennedy defeated American rival Katie Moon to take home the top honour in the women’s pole vault on Wednesday, fulfilling her long-standing ambition to stand alone atop the podium after sharing gold with the US team star in Budapest last year.
The 27-year-old, who wears her heart on her sleeve, was left emotional after her victory and let out a flood of happy tears as her friends and family watched on at the Stade de France.
And she was just as open with the television cameras after her victory.
She cheekily labelled Nine’s Tony Jones ‘Chompers’ after her interview with the Australian broadcaster, the Melbourne-based Sunday Footy Show host known in AFL circles for hating the nickname that mocks his teeth.
But that wasn’t the only quirky joke Kennedy made on Wednesday night, as the Australian revealed the funny yet risqué nickname she would give herself when Channel 10 asked how others would describe her.
—What would they have said about me? Maybe something fierce with a bit of madness. Maybe, I don’t know, a little funny. Can you tell me what they said?
The interviewer responded: ‘They just said you’re amazing and determined and all the things I think Australia thinks you are.’
Nina Kennedy has revealed the X-shaped but hilarious nickname she would give herself
The Australian pole vaulter has gained a host of new fans with her infectious personality.
Kennedy, unprompted, replied: “Damn mad dog.”
After fulfilling her dream of becoming an Olympic champion, Kennedy has set herself a new and ambitious goal: to beat Yelena Isinbayeva’s world record of 5.06 m.
“I don’t know if anyone saw my competition at the London Diamond League (which I won with 4.85m in early July), but I made some really good attempts at 4.95m,” she told reporters immediately after her Olympic triumph.
That was probably the first time I thought, ‘You know, maybe the world record is possible.’
‘Tonight was about winning gold.
‘And you know, I’m still pretty young in the scheme of things.
“So maybe in the next few years that world record will be within reach.”