Flo Hyman Award

The Flo Hyman Memorial Award was conferred annually between 1987 and 2004 by the Women's Sports Foundation in Washington, D.C., United States, on the organization's National Girls and Women in Sports Day to the female sportsperson, irrespective of nationality or sport contested, adjudged to have capture[d] [best]...the dignity, spirit, and commitment to excellence^[1] of American indoor volleyballer Flo Hyman, an advocate for gender equality in sport and for the passage of Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1988 who died suddenly and unexpectedly in January 1986.^[2] The award was given with respect both to athletic performance and to charitable activism, especially in the context of [increasing] sports opportunities for all girls and women.^[1]

List of winners

Year	Recipient	Nationality	Sport contested	Ref
1987	Martina Navratilova	United States	Tennis	[3]
1988	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	United States	Athletics	[4]
1989	Evelyn Ashford	United States	Athletics	[5]
1990	Chris Evert	United States	Tennis	[6]
1991	Diana Golden-Brosnihan	United States	Paralympic alpine skiing	[7]
1992	Nancy Lopez	United States	Golf	[8]
1993	Lynette Woodard	United States	Basketball	[9]
1994	Patty Sheehan	United States	Golf	[10]
1995	Mary Lou Retton	United States	Artistic gymnastics	[11]
1996	Donna de Varona	United States	Swimming	[12]
1997	Billie Jean King	United States	Tennis	[13]
1998	Nadia Comăneci	Romania	Artistic gymnastics	[14]
1999	Bonnie Blair	United States	Speedskating	[15]
2000	Monica Seles	United States	Tennis	[16]
2001	Lisa Leslie	United States	Basketball	[17]
2002	Dot Richardson	United States	Softball	[18]
2003	Nawal El Moutawakel	Morocco	Athletics	[19]
2004	Kristi Yamaguchi	United States	Figure skating	[20]

See also

• List of sports awards honoring women
• Arthur Ashe for Courage Award
• Laureus World Sports Awards