Velma Springstead Trophy

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The Velma Springstead Trophy is an award presented annually to Canada's outstanding female athlete. The award honours the brilliant track athlete Velma Springstead whose spectacular career ended prematurely when she succumbed to pneumonia in 1926 when only 20 years old. The Women's Amateur Athletic Federation of Canada founded this Award in 1932 in her honor.

[edit] Past Recipients

YEAR	MEN'S WINNER	SPORT
1935	Aileen Meagher	track and field
1966	Elaine Tanner	swimming
1972	Karen Magnussen	figure skating
1973	Karen Magnussen	figure skating
1974	Wendy Cook	swimming
1975	Nancy Garapick / Diane Jones	figure skating / track and field
1976	Cheryl Gibson	swimming
1977	Sylvia Burka / Susan Nattrass	cycling / shooting
1978	Diane Jones Konihowski / Cathy Sherk	track and field
1979	Helen Vanderberg	synchonized swimming
1980	Angella Taylor	track and field
1981	Susan Nattrass	shooting
1982	Angella Taylor	track and field
1983	Lynn Chronobrywy	modern pentathlon
1984	Linda Thom	shooting
1985	Carolyn Waldo	synchronized swimming
1986	Carolyn Waldo	synchronized swimming
1987	Carolyn Waldo	synchronized swimming
1988	Carolyn Waldo	synchronized swimming
1989	Heather Houston	curling
1990	Sylvie Daigle	speed skating
1991	Silken Laumann	rowing
1992	Kerrin Lee-Gartner	alpine ski
1993	Kate Pace	alpine ski
1994	Myriam Bédard	biathlon
1995	Alison Sydor	cycling
1996	Alison Sydor	cycling
1997	Caroline Brunet	canoeing
1998	Catriona LeMay Doan	speed skating
1999	Caroline Brunet	canoeing
2000	Caroline Brunet	canoeing
2001	Catriona LeMay Doan	speed skating
2002	Catriona LeMay Doan	speed skating
2003	Perdita Felicien	track and field
2004	Chantal Petitclerc	wheelchair athletics
2005	Cindy Klassen	speed skating