Flo Hyman Award

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The Flo Hyman Memorial Award was conferred annually between 1987 and 2004 by the Women's Sports Foundation in Washington, D.C., United States, on the organization's National Girls and Women in Sports Day to the female sportsperson, irrespective of nationality or sport contested, adjudged to have capture[d] [best]...the dignity, spirit, and commitment to excellence [1] of American indoor volleyballer Flo Hyman, an advocate for gender equality in sport and for the passage of Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1988 who died suddenly and unexpectedly in January 1986. [2] The award was given with respect both to athletic performance and to charitable activism, especially in the context of [increasing] sports opportunities for all girls and women. [1]

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List of winners

YearRecipientNationalitySport contestedRef
1987 Martina Navratilova Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tennis [3]
1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Athletics [4]
1989 Evelyn Ashford Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Athletics [5]
1990 Chris Evert Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tennis [6]
1991 Diana Golden-Brosnihan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Paralympic alpine skiing [7]
1992 Nancy Lopez Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Golf [8]
1993 Lynette Woodard Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Basketball [9]
1994 Patty Sheehan Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Golf [10]
1995 Mary Lou Retton Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Artistic gymnastics [11]
1996 Donna de Varona Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Swimming [12]
1997 Billie Jean King Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tennis [13]
1998 Nadia Comăneci Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Artistic gymnastics [14]
1999 Bonnie Blair Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Speedskating [15]
2000 Monica Seles Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Tennis [16]
2001 Lisa Leslie Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Basketball [17]
2002 Dot Richardson Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Softball [18]
2003 Nawal El Moutawakel Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco Athletics [19]
2004 Kristi Yamaguchi Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States Figure skating [20]

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