Canadian Press Bobbie Rosenfeld Award winners list for female athlete of the year

Winners of the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award, given out by The Canadian Press to the Canadian female athlete of the year:

2020 _ Christine Sinclair, soccer

2019 _ Bianca Andreescu, tennis

2018 _ Brooke Henderson, golf

2017 _ Brooke Henderson, golf

2016 _ Penny Oleksiak, swimming

2015 _ Brooke Henderson, golf

2014 _ Eugenie Bouchard, tennis

2013 _ Eugenie Bouchard, tennis

2012 _ Christine Sinclair, soccer

2011 _ Jennifer Heil, freestyle skiing

2010 _ Joannie Rochette, figure skating

2009 _ Aleksandra Wozniak, tennis

2008 _ Chantal Peticlerc, wheelchair racing

2007 _ Hayley Wickenheiser, hockey

2006 _ Cindy Klassen, speedskating

2005 _ Cindy Klassen, speedskating

2004 _ Lori-Ann Muenzer, cycling

2003 _ Perdita Felicien, track and field

2002 _ Catriona Le May Doan, speedskating

2001 _ Catriona Le May Doan, speedskating

2000 _ Lorie Kane, golf

1999 _ Nancy Greene named Athlete of the Century (no athlete of the year)

1998 _ Catriona Le May Doan, speedskating

1997 _ Lorie Kane, golf

1996 _ Alison Sydor, cycling

1995 _ Susan Auch, speedskating

1994 _ Myriam Bedard, biathlon

1993 _ Kate Pace, skiing

1992 _ Silken Laumann, rowing

1991 _ Silken Laumann, rowing

1990 _ Helen Kelesi, tennis

1989 _ Helen Kelesi, tennis

1988 _ Carolyn Waldo, synchronized swimming

1987 _ Carolyn Waldo, synchronized swimming

1986 _ Laurie Graham, skiing

1985 _ Carling Bassett, tennis

1984 _ Sylvie Bernier, diving

1983 _ Carling Bassett, tennis

1982 _ Gerry Sorensen, skiing

1981 _ Tracey Wainman, figure skating

1980 _ Sandra Post, golf

1979 _ Sandra Post, golf

1978 _ Diane Jones-Konihowski, track and field

1977 _ Cindy Nicholas, swimming

1976 _ Kathy Kreiner, skiing

1975 _ Nancy Garapick, swimming

1974 _ Wendy Cook, swimming

1973 _ Karen Magnussen, figure skating

1972 _ Jocelyn Bourassa, golf

1971 _ Debbie Van Kiekebelt and Debbie Brill, track and field (tie)

1970 _ Beverley Boys, diving

1969 _ Beverley Boys, diving

1968 _ Nancy Greene, skiing

1967 _ Nancy Greene, skiing

1966 _ Elaine Tanner, swimming

1965 _ Petra Burka, figure skating

1964 _ Petra Burka, figure skating

1963 _ Marlene Stewart Streit, golf

1962 _ Mary Stewart, swimming

1961 _ Mary Stewart, swimming

1960 _ Anne Heggtveit, skiing

1959 _ Anne Heggtveit, skiing

1958 _ Lucile Wheeler, skiing

1957 _ Marlene Stewart, golf

1956 _ Marlene Stewart, golf

1955 _ Marilyn Bell, swimming

1954 _ Marilyn Bell, swimming

1953 _ Marlene Stewart, golf

1952 _ Marlene Stewart, golf

1951 _ No Award

1950 _ Bobbie Rosenfeld, track and field, Named Athlete of the Half Century (no athlete of the year)

1949 _ Irene Strong, swimming

1948 _ Barbara Ann Scott, figure skating

1947 _ Barbara Ann Scott, figure skating

1946 _ Barbara Ann Scott, figure skating

1942-1945 _ Second World War, No Awards

1941 _ Mary Rose Thacker, figure skating

1940 _ Dorothy Walton, badminton

1939 _ Mary Rose Thacker, figure skating

1938 _ Noel MacDonald, basketball

1937 _ Robina Higgins, track and field

1936 _ Betty Taylor, track and field

1935 _ Aileen Meagher, track and field

1934 _ Phyllis Dewar, swimming

1933 _ Ada Mackenzie, golf

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 28, 2020.

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