Madison de Rozario wins women in sport’s top award, Lauren Jackson inducted into hall of fame

Paralympic nice Madison de Rozario has gained the highest particular person honour on the Australian Ladies in Sport Awards.

Key factors:

• Madison de Rozario turns into the primary Australian para-athlete to win 4 Commonwealth Video games gold medals
• Basketball nice Lauren Jackson is inducted into the corridor of fame
• Ash Barty’s Australian Open win is called the “stand-out second”, whereas 19-year-old Matildas’ star, Mary Fowler, is called “one to look at”

She was named the athlete of the yr forward of Australian Open champion Ash Barty, swimmer Emma McKeon, canoeist Jess Fox, footballer Sam Kerr and CrossFit athlete Tia-Clair Toomey.

After successful two gold medals on the Tokyo Paralympics final yr, de Rozario grew to become the primary Australian to win the New York marathon in any class final November.

At this yr’s Birmingham Commonwealth Video games, de Rozario gained the T54 1500m and marathon occasions to develop into the primary Australian para-athlete to take out 4 Video games gold medals.

Barty’s Australian Open win in January was honoured because the stand-out second, whereas basketball nice Lauren Jackson was inducted into the awards’ corridor of fame after popping out of retirement to play on the World Cup.

The all-conquering Australian girls’s cricketers have been named the champion group for the third successive time on the awards, which have been held on Sunday evening in Sydney for the primary time since 2019.

Retired Paralympic swimming star Ellie Cole was recognised by the federal authorities because the most-outstanding girl in sport.

Two key AFLW figures have been recognised on the awards: league common supervisor Nicole Livingstone was named the individual of sporting affect and Collingwood participant Chloe Dalton was honoured because the management legend for her advocacy of girls’s sport and Paralympians.

Different awards included 19-year-old Matildas’ star, Mary Fowler, because the one to look at and 21-year-old Olympic swimmer Kaylee McKeown because the younger achiever, whereas basketball referee Jacqui Dover was honoured because the native sporting champion.

AAP

Originally published at Gold Coast News HQ