Australian Women's Health Sport Awards

Australian Women's Health Women in Sport Awards were first awarded in 2011.[1] The awards were established by the Australian Women's Health Magazine to recognise the achievements of Australian women in sport. The awards are the main awards for Australian women in sport and cover athletes, performances, teams, leaders and journalists.[2] The awards are also known as "I Support Women in Sport Awards".

Hall of Fame

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Year Name
2015 Susie O'Neill (Swimming)
2016 Layne Beachley (Surfing)
2017 Betty Cuthbert (Athletics)
2018 Evonne Goolagong Cawley (Tennis)
2019 Liz Ellis (Netball)
2022 Lauren Jackson (Basketball)

Women's Health Athlete

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Year Name
2011 Stephanie Gilmore (Surfing)
2012 Anna Meares (Cycling)
2013 Sally Fitzgibbons (Surfing)
2014 Sally Pearson (Athletics)
2015 Anna Meares (Cycling)
2016 Kim Brennan (Rowing)
2017 Samantha Kerr (Football)
2018 Cate Campbell (Swimming)
2019 Ash Barty (Tennis)
2022 Madison de Rozario (Para Athletics)

Outstanding Woman in Sport

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Australian Federal Government Award.

Year Name
2011 Not awarded
2012 Jacqueline Freney (Paralympic swimming)
2013 Kim Crow (Rowing)
2014 Jessica Fox (Canoeing)
2015 Ellyse Perry (Cricket/Football)
2016 Michelle Payne (Horse racing)
2017 Britteny Cox (Mogul skiing)
2018 Skye Nicolson (Boxing)
2019 Hannah Green (Golf)
2022 Ellie Cole (Para Swimming)

Standout Moment

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Year Name
2011 Jessica Watson, Attempt to circumnavigate the world on a sailboat as a 16-year-old
2012 Sally Pearson, 100m hurdles Gold medal at London 2012
2013 Hockeyroos, World League Tournament
2014 Bronte Campbell, Melanie Schlanger, Emma McKeon, Cate Campbell - New World Record, 4x100m Women's freestyle relay at Glasgow 2014
2015 Minjee Lee, Wins her first LPGA tournament
2016 Chloe Esposito - Modern Pentathlon Gold medal at Rio 2016

Michelle Payne - First female jockey of a Melbourne Cup winner (Readers choice)

2017 AFLW inaugural game, Carlton v Collingwood
2018 Ellyse Perry, Double Century in the Inaugural Day-Night Ashes Test
2019 Ash Barty, French Open Women's Singles Title
2022 Ash Barty, Australian Open Women's Singles Title

Champion Team

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Year Name
2011 Victorian Roller Derby
2012 Melbourne Vixens (Netball)
2013 Australian Netball Team (Diamonds)
2014 Australian Netball Team (Diamonds)
2015 Australian Netball Team (Diamonds)
Matildas (Football) (Special recognition)
2016 Australian Women's Rugby Sevens (Pearls)
2017 Matildas (Football)
2018 Australian Women’s Cricket Team
2019 Australian Women’s Cricket Team
2022 Australian Women's Cricket Team

Person of Sporting Influence

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Year Name
2016 Moya Dodd (FFA and FIFA Executive)
2017 Dr Susan Alberti (Women's AFL trailblazer)
2018 Raelene Castle (Australian Rugby Union Chief Executive)
2019 Lynne Anderson (CEO Paralympics Australia / Chair Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
2022 Nicole Livingstone (General Manager of AFLW)

Local Sporting Champion

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Earlier awards called Local Heroine.

Year Name
2011 Sarah Mycroft (Running)
2012 Julie Hoffman (Burpee)
2013 Felicity Palmateer (Surfing)
2014 Katie Willimas (Surf Life saving)
2015 Jordan Mercer (Surf Life Saving)
2016 Josie Janz-Dawson (Netball)
2017 Mariella Teuira (Sports Club founder)
2018 Wendy Snowball (Mountain biking)
2019 Lucy Grills (Polocrosse)
2022 Jacqui Dover (Basketball referee)

Leadership Legend

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Year Name
2011 Sally Pearson (Athletics)
2012 Lauren Jackson (Basketball)
2013 Natalie von Bertouch (Netball)
2014 Laura Geitz (Netball)
2015 Laura Geitz (Netball)
2016 Anna Meares (Cycling)
2017 Daisy Pearce (AFLW)
2018 Sam Kerr (Football)
2019 Meg Lanning (Cricket)
2022 Chloe Dalton (AFLW)

One to Watch

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Year Name
2011 Emma Jackson (Triathlon)
2012 Brittany Broben (Diving)
2013 Ashleigh Barty (Tennis)
2014 Emma McKeon (Swimming)
2015 Eleanor Patterson (Athletics)
2016 Ella Nelson (Athletics)
2017 Ashleigh Gardner (Cricket)
2018 Lucy Bartholomew (Ultramarathon running)
2019 Lani Pallister (Swimming)
2022 Mary Fowler (Football)

Young Achiever

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Year Name
2022 Kaylee McKeown (Swimming)

Irregular or Ceased Awards

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[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] 

References

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  1. ^ a b "Awards". Australian Women's Health (November 2011): 26–28.
  2. ^ a b "Women's Health award winners". AAP Australian Sports News Wire. 4 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Women's Health Women's Sport Awards Press Release" (PDF). Womensport NSW website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  4. ^ Chadwick, Tom (13 October 2014). "Hurdler Sally Pearson wins Sportswoman of the Year award". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Anna Meares wins sportswoman of the year award, Susie O'Neill inducted into hall of fame". ABC News. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Rio Olympic Games champ Kim Brennan sportswoman of the year". Sydney Morning Herald. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  7. ^ Dalziel, Lottie. "Sam Kerr Named As The Women's Health Sportswoman of The Year". Women's Health. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  8. ^ "ll Of The Winners From The 2018 Women's Health Women In Sport Awards". Women's Health. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  9. ^ "The Winners Of The 2019 Women In Sport Awards". Women's Health. Archived from the original on 2019-10-16. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  10. ^ "All The Winners Of The 2022 Women In Sports Awards". Women's Health. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.