William Hill Sportswoman of the Year

Award

Award

William Hill Sportswoman of the Year

The last recipient Jessica Ennis-Hill

Country| Great Britain
Presented by| William Hill
First award| 2011
Final award| 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

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Hayley Turner won the first award.

### 2011

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| 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

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| 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

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* List of sports awards honoring women

## References

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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.