Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award

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Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award
Awarded forbest disabled female athlete
CountryUnited States
Presented byESPN
First awarded 2005
Currently held by Jessica Long (USA)
Website www.espn.co.uk/espys/

The Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award is an annual award honoring the achievements of a female individual from the community of disabled sports. [1] Established with the aid of disability advocate and former United States Paralympic soccer player Eli Wolff, [2] the accolade's trophy, designed by sculptor Lawrence Nowlan, [3] is presented to the disabled sportswomen adjudged to be the best at the annual ESPY Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. [1] The Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award was first bestowed as part of the ESPY Awards in 2005 after the non-gender specific Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award was presented the previous three years (all won by sportsmen). [4] [5] Balloting for the award is undertaken by fans over the Internet from between three and five choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee, which is composed of a panel of experts. [1] It is conferred in July to reflect performance and achievement over the preceding twelve months. [6]

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The inaugural winner of the Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award at the 2005 ceremony was an American swimmer named Erin Popovich, who is affected by achondroplasia. She won seven gold medals at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens. [7] She is one of three people to have won the Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award more than once, winning again at the 2009 awards. [8] Fellow swimmer Jessica Long has the most victories of any other sportswoman, collecting the award four times at the 2007, 2012, 2013 and 2022 ESPY Awards, with one further nomination at the 2009 ESPY Awards, [8] [9] [10] while cross-country skier Oksana Masters has been nominated the most times (eight) without winning. Swimmers have been successful at the awards with nine victories and 13 nominations, followed by paratriathles with three wins and nine nominations. It was not awarded in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [11] The incumbent holder is American paralympic swimmer Jessica Long after being announced as the winner at the 2022 ESPY Awards. [12]

Winners and nominees

Key
*Indicates individual whose nomination was withdrawn
Best Female Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award winners and nominees
YearImageAthleteNationalitySportNomineesRefs
2005 – Erin Popovich Flag of the United States.svg  United States Swimming Cheri Blauwet (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Wheelchair racing
Katie Compton (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cycling
Karissa Whitsell (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cycling 		[7] [13]
2006 ITU Paratriathlon Worlds - Handler for Sarah Reinertsen (9804038075) - Cropped.jpg Sarah Reinertsen Flag of the United States.svg  United States Triathlon Rachael Scdoris (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Sled dog racing
Laurie Stephens (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Alpine skiing 		[14] [15]
2007 Jessica Long 03.png Jessica Long Flag of the United States.svg  United States Swimming Amy Palmiero-Winters (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Triathlon
Esther Vergeer (Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED) – Wheelchair tennis
Stephani Victor (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Alpine skiing 		[16] [17]
2008 – Shay Oberg Flag of the United States.svg  United States Softball Patty Cisneros (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Wheelchair basketball
Jessica Galli (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Wheelchair racing
Susan Beth Scott (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Swimming 		[18] [19]
2009 – Erin Popovich Flag of the United States.svg  United States Swimming Jessica Long (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Swimming
Maureen McKinnon-Tucker (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Yachting
Asya Miller (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Goalball 		[8] [20]
2010 – Amy Palmiero-Winters Flag of the United States.svg  United States Triathlon Linnea Dohring (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Gymnastics
Alana Nichols (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Wheelchair basketball
Stephani Victor (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Alpine skiing 		[21]
2011 Gold medalist Mallory Weggemann at the 2012 Social Innovation Summit.jpg Mallory Weggemann Flag of the United States.svg  United States Swimming Allison Jones (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cycling
Tatyana McFadden (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Wheelchair racing
Alana Nichols (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Alpine skiing
Melissa Stockwell (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Triathlon 		[22] [23]
2012 Jessica Long 08.png Jessica Long Flag of the United States.svg  United States Swimming Chelsea McClammer (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Track and field
Tatyana McFadden Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Wheelchair racing
Alana Nichols (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Alpine skiing
Melissa Stockwell (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Triathlon 		[9] [24]
2013 Jessica Long Rio2016.jpg Jessica Long Flag of the United States.svg  United States Swimming Victoria Arlen (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Swimming
Marianna Davis (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cycling
Tatyana McFadden (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Wheelchair racing
Shirley Reilly (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Wheelchair racing 		[10] [25]
2014 – Jamie Whitmore Flag of the United States.svg  United States Cycling Minda Dentler (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Triathlon
Oksana Masters (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cross-country skiing
Tatyana McFadden (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Wheelchair racing
Laurie Stephens (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Alpine skiing 		[26] [27]
2015 – Rebecca Meyers Flag of the United States.svg  United States Swimming Kendall Gretsch (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Triathlon
Oksana Masters (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cross-country skiing
Tatyana McFadden (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Wheelchair racing
Greta Neimanas (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cycling 		[28] [29]
2016 T McFadden London Marathon 2014 - Wheelchair (65).jpg Tatyana McFadden Flag of the United States.svg  United States Wheelchair racing Heather Erickson (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Volleyball
Bethany Hamilton* (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Surfing [lower-alpha 1]
Oksana Masters (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cross-country skiing
Shawn Morelli (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cycling 		[31] [32]
2017 – Rebecca Meyers Flag of the United States.svg  United States Swimming Oksana Masters (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cross-country skiing
Tatyana McFadden (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Wheelchair racing
Shawn Morelli (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cycling
Grace Norman (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Triathlon 		[33] [34]
2018 – Brenna Huckaby Flag of the United States.svg  United States Snowboarding Kendall Gretsch (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cross-country skiing
Oksana Masters (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cross-country skiing
Tatyana McFadden (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Wheelchair racing 		[35] [36]
2019 Allysa Seely Rio2016.jpg Allysa Seely Flag of the United States.svg  United States Triathlon Oksana Masters (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cross-country skiing
Tatyana McFadden (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Wheelchair racing
Shawn Morelli (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cycling 		[37] [38]
2020 Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic [11]
2021 – Rebecca Murray Flag of the United States.svg  United States Wheelchair basketball Sam Bosco (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cycling
Oksana Masters (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cycling
Leanne Smith (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Swimming 		[12] [39]
2022 Jessica Long.jpg Jessica Long Flag of the United States.svg  United States Swimming Oksana Masters (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Cross-country skiing
Brenna Huckaby (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Snowboarding
Katy Ward (Flag of the United States.svg  USA) – Soccer 		[40]

Statistics

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Hamilton stated to Seven News in November 2016 that she asked for the withdrawal of her nomination due to its wording since she sees herself as "adaptive" rather than "disabled". [30]

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