annika sorenstam won the espy for best female athlete.
who won the espy for best female athlete?
annika sorenstam
biles was named team usa female olympic athlete of the year in december 2015, making her the fourth gymnast to win the honor. in december 2016, biles was chosen as one of the sponsors of the us navy aircraft carrier uss "enterprise" alongside swimmer katie ledecky. they are the first olympians to be given this honor. in 2016, simone biles won the glamour award for the record breaker. in 2016, she was chosen as one of bbc's 100 women, and after the world championships, she was named one of espnw's impact 25 and chosen as sportswoman of the year by the women's sports foundation. she was also one of the finalists for "time magazine"'s 2016 person of the year. biles was also nominated for a 2016 espy award for best female athlete along with elena delle donne, katie ledecky, and breanna stewart; stewart won the award. in july 2017, biles won the espy award for best female athlete. she is the second gymnast to win this award after nastia liukin won it in 2009. in 2017, simone won the shorty awards for the best in sports. at the 2017 teen choice awards, simone won favorite female athlete, and won laureus world sports award for sportswoman of the year in 2017. simone biles was named one of the most influential people in the world list by time magazine. in may 2018, it was announced that biles and the other survivors would be awarded the arthur ashe courage award. in december, it was announced that biles was named espn the magazine's most dominant athlete of 2018. in february 2019, it was announced that biles was named laureus' sportswoman of the year for the second time, beating out tennis players simona halep and angelique kerber, snowboarder ester ledecká, triathlete daniela ryf, and skier mikaela shiffrin. biles was nominated for the 2019 espy award for best female athlete but lost to soccer player alex morgan.
simone biles
the inaugural winner of the best female athlete with a disability espy award at the 2005 ceremony was american swimmer erin popovich, who is affected by achondroplasia. she won seven gold medals at the 2004 summer paralympics in athens. 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. fellow swimmer jessica long has the most victories of any other sportswoman, collecting the award three times at the 2007, 2012 and 2013 awards with one further nomination at the 2009 ceremony, while cross-country skier oksana masters has been nominated the most times (four) without winning. swimmers have been successful at the awards with eight victories and three nominations, followed by paratriathles with three wins and six nominations. the 2017 winner of the best female athlete with a disability espy award is swimmer rebecca meyers. she achieved her second win after receiving the accolade at the 2015 ceremony. currently, the accolade is held by american triathlete allysa seely after being announced as the winner at the 2019 ceremony.
best female athlete with a disability espy award