Best U.S. Female Olympian ESPY Award

The Best Olympian, Women's Sports ESPY Award formerly known as the Best U.S. Female Olympian ESPY Award has been presented annually since 2009 to the sportswoman or team affiliated with the United States Olympic Committee and contesting sport internationally adjudged to be the best. The award serves in practice to replace the Best Female Olympic Performance ESPY Award, which was presented in 2005, and the Best U.S. Olympian ESPY Award presented in 2006.

Balloting for the award is undertaken by fans over the Internet from amongst between three and five choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee, and the award is conferred in June to reflect performance and achievement over the twelve months previous.

List of winners

Year Athlete Sport contested Other nominees
2009 Shawn Johnson Gymnastics Natalie Coughlin (Swimming)
Dawn Harper (Track and field)
Nastia Liukin (Gymnastics)
2010 Lindsey Vonn[1] Downhill skiing Hannah Kearney (Skiing)
Julia Mancuso (Skiing)
2011 No award presented
2012
2013 Missy Franklin Swimming Gabby Douglas (Gymnastics)
Aly Raisman (Gymnastics)
2014 Jamie Anderson Snowboarding Maddie Bowman (Half-pipe skiing)
Meryl Davis (Ice dancing)
Kaitlyn Farrington (Snowboarding)
Mikaela Shiffrin (Alpine skiing)
2015 No award presented
2016
2017 Simone Biles Gymnastics Allyson Felix (Track and field)
Katie Ledecky (Swimming)
Simone Manuel (Swimming)
2018 Chloe Kim[2] Snowboarding Mikaela Shiffrin (Skiing)
Jamie Anderson (Snowboarding)
Jocelyne Lamoureux (Ice hockey)
2019 No award presented
2020
2021
2022 Katie Ledecky[3] Swimming Allyson Felix (Track and field)
Sunisa Lee (Gymnastics)
Oksana Masters (Cross country skiing)

See also

References

  1. ^ "Brees wins male athlete award, 3 other ESPYS". 15 July 2010.
  2. ^ Sanchez, Omar (18 July 2018). "ESPY Awards: Full List of Winners". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ "2022 ESPYS: Full list of award winners". ESPN.com. July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.