The Best Female Track Athlete
ESPY Award was presented annually between
1993 and
2006 to the
female
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track and field
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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
2004
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, the award voting panel comprised variously
fans;
sportswriters and
broadcasters, sports
executives, and retired
sportspersons, termed collectively ''experts''; and
ESPN personalities, but balloting thereafter was exclusively by fans over the
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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.
[Because of the rescheduling of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in 2002 was given in consideration of performance betwixt February 2001 and June 2002.]
List of winners
See also
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List of sports awards honoring women
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Best Male Track Athlete ESPY Award
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European Athlete of the Year Award
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IAAF Athlete of the Year Award
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IAAF Golden League
Notes
References
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Sports awards honoring women
Awards established in 1993
Awards disestablished in 2006