Following a multi-award-winning career as a field hockey player, Olympic gold medallist Sam Quek never thought she'd end up on one of her favourite shows– I'm A Celebrity! – let alone place fourth, in 2016. And last year, the sports broadcaster, 36, signed up to Strictly Come Dancing, making it to the sixth week of the competition.
Here, Sam – who shares daughter Molly, four, and son Zac, three, with husband Tom Mairs – reflects on it all with Closer.
How do you look back on your Strictly experience?
I loved every single minute. It was a lot harder than I expected – it was a challenge. Every week, my heart was beating out of my chest, and for the first 10 seconds, I used to physically shake with Nikita…
