Saturday, December 7, 2013
Christine Ohuruogu named Sunday Times and Sky Sports Sportswoman of the Year
Christine Ohuruogu, born to Nigerian
parents in Newham, east London has been named the 2013 Sunday Times and Sky Sports
Sportswoman of the year during an award ceremony at Sky Studios in London. Ohuruogu
was inducted into the London Youth Games Hall of Fame in 2009.
The 400m runner beat off
competition from a strong shortlist to win this year’s award, Cyclist Becky
James came second, while triathlete Non Stanford was placed third. This year’s
list includes the likes of world skeleton champion Shelley Rudman, double
Olympic equestrian gold medallist Charlotte Dujardin and England cricketer
Heather Knight. Previous winners of the prestigious award include Sally
Gunnell, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Paula Radcliffe and Victoria Pendleton, while
last year's award went to Jessica Ennis-Hill after she won gold at the London
Olympics.
Ohuruogu in an interview with
SkySports said-"It's such a hard category, which is really great, it means
we have women who are excelling and doing so much better than people expect us
to do," she said.
"I am shocked but I am really
happy now."
The 29-year-old British athlete was awarded an MBE in the
wake of her gold medal success at the 2008 Olympics and became the first
British woman to claim a second world title when she won the 400m final in
Moscow this August.
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