The 27-year-old from Bath caused a huge shock by winning gold at Vancouver earlier and in doing so claimed Britain’s only medal at the Games.

The stunning accomplishment made the relatively unknown athlete into a superstar overnight and earned Williams invites to numerous television shows, including Friday Night with Jonathan Ross.

Williams admits that she is enjoying the attention, if a little overwhelmed by it all, and is taking every opportunity that comes her way.

She admitted she does not know if she will have motivation to train for another gruelling four years following her gold medal success in Canada.

Williams told insidethegames: "Ultimately for me, I would love to compete at another Olympics.

"It was the most amazing experience with or without my medal so to do that all again would be fantastic.

"But it is a long, long four years.

"Right now I can just about look that far ahead but also it is quite difficult because I know how hard I trained these last four years so that is one of the reason I am taking up all of these other opportunities like television shows and almost taking that bit of time out knowing that if I want to keep going for another four years, mentally that is what I need to be doing.

"I’ve still got achievements [I want to chase], though.

"I’ve never won a World Championships, I’ve never won the overall World Cup title, but know that this upcoming year will be a calmer, easier year and, if I potentially don’t get the same kind of results, I’m not too worried because it is just about building up to the next four years when it really matters.

"But I’ll just see how it goes and take it steady and get back to enjoying it again.

"I just need to think about why I am doing it, enjoying my training and enjoying competing."

Williams recently took part in a charity sailing event at Cowes alongside Zara Phillips (pictured), the Queen's granddaughter and the world eventing champion.

Next, Williams will be heading out to the inaugural Summer Youth Olympic Games in Singapore to help prepare the Britain’s young athletes competing at the Games.

She said: "Basically [I got involved in the Youth Olympic Games] because I heard it was happening from the guys at the British Olympic Association (BOA) and asked if I could go out and talk to the athletes.

"I put my hand up and volunteered really.

"I’ve never been to Singapore before so I’m really interested in that and I really just want to go out, field questions and impart my wisdom from what I have learnt from the Games.

"It’s obviously the first Youth Olympics and for young people to have such a big international competition is amazing.

"I wish it was something they had when I was a young athlete growing up and I hope it continues for many years to come."

Contact the writer of this story at [email protected]


Related stories
August 2010: Olympic gold medallist to provide inspiration to British youngsters
June 2010: Williams leads Queen's Birthday Honours
June 2010: Williams joins Winston Churchill on roll of honour
February 2010: Williams to carry British flag in Closing Ceremony
February 2010: Amy Williams receives her Olympic gold medal