Laureus World Sports Awards / World Sportswoman of the Year

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This list includes all women athletes who were nominated as “World Sportswoman of the Year” at the Laureus World Sports Awards . The winners are highlighted in color.

List of the winners

2000 United StatesUnited States Marion Jones ( USA ) athletics
United StatesUnited States Lindsay Davenport (USA) tennis
RomaniaRomania Gabriela Szabo ( Romania ) athletics
2001 AustraliaAustralia Cathy Freeman ( Australia ) athletics
NetherlandsNetherlands Inge de Bruijn ( Netherlands ) swim
United StatesUnited States Marion Jones (USA) athletics
AustraliaAustralia Karrie Webb (Australia) golf
United StatesUnited States Venus Williams (USA) tennis
2002 United StatesUnited States Jennifer Capriati (USA) tennis
NetherlandsNetherlands Inge de Bruijn (Netherlands) swim
United StatesUnited States Stacy Dragila (USA) athletics
SwedenSweden Annika Sörenstam ( Sweden ) golf
United StatesUnited States Venus Williams (USA) tennis
2003 United StatesUnited States Serena Williams (USA) tennis
United StatesUnited States Marion Jones (USA) athletics
CroatiaCroatia Janica Kostelić ( Croatia ) Alpine skiing
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Paula Radcliffe ( Great Britain ) athletics
SwedenSweden Annika Sörenstam (Sweden) golf
2004 SwedenSweden Annika Sörenstam (Sweden) golf
NetherlandsNetherlands Inge de Bruijn (Netherlands) swim
BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin ( Belgium ) tennis
MozambiqueMozambique Maria de Lurdes Mutola ( Mozambique ) athletics
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) athletics
United StatesUnited States Serena Williams (USA) tennis
2005 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Kelly Holmes (Great Britain) athletics
RussiaRussia Jelena Isinbayeva ( Russia ) athletics
SwedenSweden Carolina Klüft (Sweden) athletics
RussiaRussia Marija Sharapova (Russia) tennis
SwedenSweden Annika Sörenstam (Sweden) golf
NetherlandsNetherlands Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel (Netherlands) Cycling
2006 CroatiaCroatia Janica Kostelić (Croatia) Alpine skiing
BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters (Belgium) tennis
EthiopiaEthiopia Tirunesh Dibaba ( Ethiopia ) athletics
RussiaRussia Jelena Isinbayeva (Russia) athletics
SwedenSweden Carolina Klüft (Sweden) athletics
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Paula Radcliffe (Great Britain) athletics
SwedenSweden Annika Sörenstam (Sweden) golf
2007 RussiaRussia Jelena Isinbayeva (Russia) athletics
BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin (Belgium) tennis
SwedenSweden Carolina Klüft (Sweden) athletics
FranceFrance Laure Manaudou ( France ) swim
FranceFrance Amélie Mauresmo (France) tennis
RussiaRussia Marija Sharapova (Russia) tennis
2008 BelgiumBelgium Justine Henin (Belgium) tennis
RussiaRussia Jelena Isinbayeva (Russia) athletics
SwedenSweden Carolina Klüft (Sweden) athletics
AustraliaAustralia Lisbeth Lenton (Australia) swim
BrazilBrazil Marta ( Brazil ) Soccer
MexicoMexico Lorena Ochoa ( Mexico ) golf
2009 RussiaRussia Jelena Isinbayeva (Russia) athletics
EthiopiaEthiopia Tirunesh Dibaba (Ethiopia) athletics
MexicoMexico Lorena Ochoa (Mexico) golf
AustraliaAustralia Stephanie Rice (Australia) swim
United StatesUnited States Lindsey Vonn (USA) Alpine skiing
United StatesUnited States Venus Williams (USA) tennis
2010 United StatesUnited States Serena Williams (USA) tennis
JamaicaJamaica Shelly-Ann Fraser (Jamaica) athletics
ItalyItaly Federica Pellegrini ( Italy ) swim
United StatesUnited States Sanya Richards (USA) athletics
GermanyGermany Britta Steffen (Germany) swim
United StatesUnited States Lindsey Vonn (USA) Alpine skiing
2011 United StatesUnited States Lindsey Vonn (USA) Alpine skiing
BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters (Belgium) tennis
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jessica Ennis (Great Britain) athletics
CroatiaCroatia Blanka Vlašić (Croatia) athletics
United StatesUnited States Serena Williams (USA) tennis
DenmarkDenmark Caroline Wozniacki ( Denmark ) tennis
2012 KenyaKenya Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot ( Kenya ) athletics
GermanyGermany Maria Höfl-Riesch (Germany) Alpine skiing
United StatesUnited States Carmelita Jeter (USA) athletics
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petra Kvitová ( Czech Republic ) tennis
JapanJapan Homare Sawa ( Japan ) Soccer
Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei Yani Tseng ( Taiwan ) golf
2013 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Jessica Ennis (Great Britain) athletics
United StatesUnited States Allyson Felix (USA) athletics
United StatesUnited States Lindsey Vonn (USA) Alpine skiing
United StatesUnited States Missy Franklin (USA) swim
United StatesUnited States Serena Williams (USA) tennis
JamaicaJamaica Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) athletics
2014 United StatesUnited States Missy Franklin (USA) swim
United StatesUnited States Serena Williams (USA) tennis
JamaicaJamaica Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) athletics
RussiaRussia Jelena Isinbayeva (Russia) athletics
SloveniaSlovenia Tina Maze ( Slovenia ) Alpine skiing
GermanyGermany Nadine Angerer (Germany) Soccer
2015 EthiopiaEthiopia Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) athletics
New ZealandNew Zealand Valerie Adams (New Zealand) athletics
NorwayNorway Marit Bjørgen (Norway) Cross-country skiing
China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Na (China) tennis
SloveniaSlovenia Tina Maze (Slovenia) Alpine skiing
United StatesUnited States Serena Williams (USA) tennis
2016 United StatesUnited States Serena Williams (USA) tennis
EthiopiaEthiopia Genzebe Dibaba (Ethiopia) athletics
AustriaAustria Anna Fenninger (Austria) Alpine skiing
JamaicaJamaica Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) athletics
United StatesUnited States Katie Ledecky (USA) swim
United StatesUnited States Carli Lloyd (USA) Soccer
2017 United StatesUnited States Simone Biles (USA) do gymnastics
United StatesUnited States Allyson Felix (USA) athletics
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Laura Kenny (Great Britain) Cycling
GermanyGermany Angelique Kerber (Germany) tennis
United StatesUnited States Katie Ledecky (USA) swim
JamaicaJamaica Elaine Thompson (Jamaica) athletics
2018 United StatesUnited States Serena Williams (USA) tennis
United StatesUnited States Allyson Felix (USA) athletics
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Laura Kenny (Great Britain) Cycling
SpainSpain Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) tennis
South AfricaSouth Africa Caster Semenya (South Africa) athletics
United StatesUnited States Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) Alpine skiing
2019 United StatesUnited States Simone Biles (USA) do gymnastics
RomaniaRomania Simona Halep (Romania) tennis
GermanyGermany Angelique Kerber (Germany) tennis
Czech RepublicCzech Republic Ester Ledecká (Czech Republic) Alpine skiing
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Daniela Ryf (Switzerland) Triathlon
United StatesUnited States Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) Alpine skiing
2020 United StatesUnited States Simone Biles (USA) do gymnastics
United StatesUnited States Allyson Felix (USA) athletics
JamaicaJamaica Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (Jamaica) athletics
JapanJapan Naomi Osaka (Japan) tennis
United StatesUnited States Megan Rapinoe (USA) Soccer
United StatesUnited States Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) Alpine skiing

statistics

Multiple winners
number sportswoman Years
4th Serena Williams 2003, 2010, 2016, 2018
3 Simone Biles 2017, 2019, 2020
2 Yelena Isinbayeva 2007, 2009

See also

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