Olympian Louise Hazel says Ennis not fat LONDON, May 25 (UPI) -- British athlete and Olympian Louise Hazel defended heptathlon teammate Jessica Ennis after she was allegedly described as overweight by athletic officials. Tony Minichello, who has coached Ennis for years, says an unnamed "high‑ranking person" within UK Athletes, which governs athletic events in Britain, had suggested Ennis is "fat and she's got too much weight," The Guardian reported Thursday. The Telegraph says Hazel called the disparaging remarks "disgraceful." Hazel said she too has been subjected to negative comments about her weight by people in positions of authority "I have experienced it first hand, also from people within the organization that was supposed to be supporting us and I just think to a certain extent it is very disgraceful," Hazel said. Obviously there are a lot of young girls out there who would take this on board as a real critique of their physical wellness and that has really detrimental effects. Ennis, who was listed in The Telegraph as being 5 feet 5 inches tall and 125 pounds, brushed off the comments Friday, saying she won't let being called fat interfere with her preparations for this weekend's World Combined Events Challenge in Gotzis. "I think I came into this year expecting different things to happen, different articles and things like that," Ennis said. It's not something I worry out. It's not something that's stressing me at the moment so I can kind of just brush it off and ignore it really.