Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year

E263778

The Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year is an annual honor recognizing the most outstanding female athlete in sports as chosen by Associated Press sports editors and writers.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Associated Press award ⓘ
annual award ⓘ
sports award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs AP Female Athlete of the Year ⓘ
awardCriteria most outstanding female athlete of the year ⓘ
awardedFor excellence in athletic performance ⓘ
awardFor female athletes ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
decisionMaker Associated Press sports editors ⓘ
Associated Press sports writers ⓘ
firstWinner Babe Didrikson Zaharias ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genderRestriction female ⓘ
givenBy Associated Press ⓘ
hasCategory American sports trophies and awards ⓘ
Associated Press awards ⓘ
Awards established in 1931 ⓘ
Women in sports awards ⓘ
hasMaleCounterpart Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year ⓘ
inception 1931 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType news agency award ⓘ
notableWinner Allyson Felix ⓘ
Annika Sörenstam ⓘ
Billie Jean King ⓘ
Candace Parker ⓘ
Chris Evert ⓘ
Jackie Joyner-Kersee ⓘ
Katie Ledecky ⓘ
Lindsey Vonn ⓘ
Martina Navratilova ⓘ
Mia Hamm ⓘ
Nancy Lopez ⓘ
Naomi Osaka ⓘ
Serena Williams ⓘ
Sheryl Swoopes ⓘ
Simone Biles ⓘ
Wilma Rudolph ⓘ
organizer Associated Press Sports Department ⓘ
linked to: Associated Press
selectionMethod poll of Associated Press sports editors and writers ⓘ
sportScope all sports ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mary Lou Retton → awardReceived → Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year ⓘ
Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year → hasFemaleCounterpart → Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year ⓘ
Wilma Rudolph → awardReceived → Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year ⓘ
Mary Lou Retton → awardReceived → Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year (1984) ⓘ
subject linked to: Retton
linked to: Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year
Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year → alsoKnownAs → AP Female Athlete of the Year ⓘ
linked to: Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year
Jordyn Wieber → awarded → 2011 Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year (Michigan) ⓘ
linked to: Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year
AP Athlete of the Year (male) → hasFemaleCounterpart → AP Athlete of the Year (female) ⓘ
linked to: Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year
Wilma Rudolph → awardReceived → Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year ⓘ
subject linked to: The Tornado
Jackie Joyner-Kersee → awardReceived → Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year ⓘ
Babe Didrikson Zaharias → awardReceived → Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year ⓘ
Katie Ledecky → hasWonAward → Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year ⓘ
Annika Sörenstam → hasWonAward → Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year ⓘ