Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award

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The Best Female Track Athlete ESPY Award was presented annually between 1993 and 2006 to the female track and field athlete, irrespective of nationality, adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year. Beginning in 2007, this award was combined with the parallel Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award into the single Best Track and Field Athlete ESPY Award.

Between 1993 and

sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter was exclusively by fans over the Internet
from amongst choices selected by the ESPN Select Nominating Committee.

Through the 2001 iteration of the ESPY Awards, ceremonies were conducted in February of each year to honor achievements over the previous calendar year; awards presented thereafter were conferred in June and reflected performance from the June previous.[1]

List of winners

Year Athlete Nation represented Event(s) contested[2]
1993
Evelyn Ashford  United States 100 metres, 4 × 100 metres relay
1994
Gail Devers  United States 100 metres, 100 metres hurdles, 4 × 100 metres relay
1995
Gwen Torrence  United States 100 metres, 200 metres, 4 × 100 metres relay
1996
Kim Batten  United States 400 metres hurdles
1997
Marie-José Pérec  France 200 metres, 400 metres
1998
Marion Jones  United States 100 metres, 4 × 100 metres relay, long jump
1999
Marion Jones  United States 100 metres, 200 metres, 4 × 100 metres relay, long jump
2000
Marion Jones  United States 100 metres, 200 metres, long jump
2001
Marion Jones  United States 100 metres, 200 metres, 4 × 100 metres relay, 4 × 400 metres relay, long jump
2002
Marion Jones  United States 100 metres, 200 metres, long jump
2003
Gail Devers  United States 100 metres, 200 metres, 4 × 100 metres relay
2004
Gail Devers  United States 100 metres, 200 metres, 4 × 100 metres relay
2005
No award presented
2006
Allyson Felix  United States 200 metres

See also

Notes

  1. rescheduling of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in 2002 was given in consideration of performance betwixt February 2001
    and June 2002.
  2. ^ Events listed are those contested in at least one major competition during the period in consideration of performance during which the award was presented.

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