The Ian Wooldridge Award

The Ian Wooldridge Award
Country United Kingdom
Presented by Daily Mail
First awarded 2008

The Ian Wooldridge Award is an award annually presented by the Daily Mail to the British sportsman or sportswoman who has best represented the values of "corinthian spirit and a sense of fair play as well as style, courage and originality".[1][2] First awarded in 2008, the winner is voted on by the readers of the newspaper.[1][2] The award began and was named in honour of Ian Wooldridge, a sportswriter who worked for the Daily Mail for forty-five years, who had died the previous year.[1][2] He is still widely regarded as Britain's finest ever sportswriter.[1][2] The only stipulation the award has is that the sportsman or sportswoman must either still be competing or has retired within the previous five years.[1][2]

Winners

Year Winner Sport Notes Ref
2008 Chrissie Wellington Athlete Ironman triathlon First recipient of the award. [3][4][5][6][7][8]
2009 Rebecca Adlington Athlete Swimming [9][10]
2010 Jessica Ennis Athlete Track and field [11][12][13]
2011 Amy Williams Athlete Skeleton [14][15][16][17][18][19]
2012 Jonny Wilkinson Athlete Rugby union First male recipient of the award. [20][21][22][23][24]
2013 Sir Henry Cecil Trainer Flat racing First non-athlete and deceased recipient of the award. [25][26]
2014 Darren Fletcher Athlete Association football First Scottish recipient of the award. [27][28][29]
2015 Jo Pavey Athlete Track and field [30][31][32]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Ian Wooldridge Award". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "The Ian Wooldridge Award update". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Ian Wooldridge Award: 'Ironman' Chrissie's spirit of adventure". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Wellington wins inaugural Ian Wooldridge Memorial Award". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  5. ↑ "Heroes line up for awards". Lynn News. 6 March 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Looking backwards and forwards". CW official website. 5 March 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Ironwoman Wellington is as tough as old boots". SJA. 16 October 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Wellington conquers again: will she win your vote?". SJA. 11 October 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  9. ↑ "The Ian Wooldridge Award: Vote for your sporting hero of 2008". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  10. ↑ "The Ian Wooldridge Award: Olympic heroine Rebecca Adlington rules the waves to win". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  11. ↑ "The Ian Wooldridge award: Tell us your sporting star of 2009". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  12. ↑ "The Ian Wooldridge Award: Comeback queen Jessica Ennis tops poll". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  13. ↑ "IN THE NEWS!". British Athletics. 23 April 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  14. ↑ "Ian Wooldridge Award: You can vote in Sportsmail's tribute to sporting genius and Corinthian spirit". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  15. ↑ "Corinthian Spirit earns Amy award". Bath Chronicle. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  16. ↑ "Amy wins top sporting award". Team Bath. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  17. ↑ "Bob skeleton: Top award for Amy Williams". Sport Sister. 21 October 2011. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  18. ↑ "About Me". Skeleton Amy. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  19. ↑ "Amy Williams MBE – Skeleton Racer, Olympic Medallist". Special Olympics GB. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  20. ↑ "The Ian Wooldridge Award: Vote for your sporting hero of 2012". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  21. ↑ "Pride of a lion: Wooldridge award goes to delighted England hero Wilkinson". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  22. ↑ "Jonny Wilkinson wins Ian Wooldridge award". Online Nigeria. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  23. ↑ "JONNY WILKINSON WINS IAN WOOLDRIDGE AWARD". Sports Bound Guide. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  24. ↑ "News – Toulon Category page 15". Wilko Fans. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  25. ↑ "The Ian Wooldridge award: Vote for your sporting hero". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  26. ↑ "Late racehorse trainer Sir Henry Cecil wins 2013 Ian Wooldridge award". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  27. ↑ "IAN WOOLDRIDGE AWARD 2014: Our writers cast their votes in honour of a Sportsmail legend... now it's your turn to choose". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  28. ↑ "'I couldn't go out for a meal or watch the kids play football': Man United star Darren Fletcher reveals his battle against crippling stomach illness". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  29. ↑ "'I couldn't go out for a meal or watch the kids play football': Man United star Darren Fletcher reveals his battle against crippling stomach illnessf". IA Support. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  30. ↑ "IAN WOOLDRIDGE AWARD 2015: Our writers cast their votes in honour of a Sportsmail legend... now it's your turn to choose". Daily Mail. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  31. ↑ "Jo Pavey’s agony over drugs scandal". Daily Mail. 15 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  32. ↑ "IAN WOOLDRIDGE AWARD 2015". Press Reader. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
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