A BURNLEY athlete is set to be unveiled as one of six new Gladiators in the latest series of the Sky 1 TV show.

Zoe Williams, 28, who is 5ft 10ins and 10st 6lbs, will appear as Amazon when the new series of the programme is aired in January.

She is described on the Gladiators Zone website as being ‘regal and Amazonian’ with ‘nature’s powerful force running through her veins’.

Steve Jones, Commissioning Editor for Sky One said: “Our new Gladiators are an awesome sight to behold - bigger, stronger, and even more unstoppable than before."