William Hill Sportswoman of the Year

William Hill Sportswoman of the Year
The last recipient Jessica Ennis-Hill
Country	Great Britain
Presented by	William Hill
First awarded	2011
Last awarded	2012
Last winner	Jessica Ennis-Hill (2012)
Most awards	Hayley Turner, Jessica Ennis-Hill (1)

The William Hill Sportswoman of the Year Award was an award, which was first handed out in 2011, after William Hill decided to launch an award with a women-only shortlist to vote for after the BBC failed to announce any female nominations for the 2011 BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award, which caused somewhat of a public outcry.^[1][2]

No award has been given out since 2012.

Winners and nominees

Hayley Turner won the first award.

2011 Hayley Turner Horse racing[3][4][5] Rebecca Adlington Swimming Charlotte Edwards Cricket Jessica Ennis Athletics Tamsin Greenway Netball Helen Jenkins Triathlon Sarah Stevenson Taekwondo Kelly Smith Football Beth Tweddle Artistic gymnastics Chrissie Wellington Ironman Triathlon

2012 Jessica Ennis Athletics[6] Hannah Cockroft Athletics Beth Tweddle Artistic gymnastics Hayley Turner Horse racing Ellie Simmonds Swimming Victoria Pendleton Track cycling Steph Houghton Football Laura Trott Track cycling Sarah Storey Track and Road cycling Laura Robson Tennis

See also

• List of sports awards honoring women

References

1. "Adlington, Stevenson, Wellington and Tweddle top William Hill Sports Woman of the Year shortlist". Inside the Games. 16 December 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
2. "Hurrah for William Hill's women-only award!". The Guardian. 1 December 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
3. "Hayley Turner gets carried away on a return to the track to forget". The Guardian. 20 December 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
4. "Place your bets for the inaugural William Hill Sportswoman of the Year Award". Bidisha Online. 1 December 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
5. "Ennis in line for more honours". voice-online.co.uk. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2012.
6. Jess Ennis crowned William Hill Sportswoman of the Year 2012 William Hill. 04-12-2012. Retrieved 05-10-2014.