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Clare Brookfield of MSIF was one of the founding three to get the Sportswoman's Lunch off the ground.

Presented to a sportswoman who has demonstrated an immense level of skill and dedication to her amateur sport, entrants will have also displayed a fantastic level of achievement at district, county, regional or international level.

Lame Hetanang of Karate won the sportswoman of the year award for the second time after winning it two years ago.

Sindhu became the first-ever sportswoman from the country to break into the top-10 rich list of female athletes released by Forbes this week.

After receiving sponsorship to fulfil her own dreams, the big-hearted sportswoman founded the charity Hilary's Dream Trust, which aims to help other disabled and disadvantaged adults.

If successful, she will break a nine-year record for the longest continuous kitesurfing journey by a woman, which was set by British sportswoman Andreya Wharry when she travelled 115.4 nautical miles (213.72km) between Watergate Bay in Cornwall and Dungarven in Ireland on September 7, 2005.

The sportswoman brought a glittering career in bike racing to a close at London 2012 by retiring after winning a keirin gold and sprint silver last summer, to add to her gold from Beijing 2008.

The 57th version of best-selling reference book also features new verified entries for the world's heaviest sportswoman and the most conquests of Mount Everest, as well as the tallest ever dog.

Summary: At the first ceremony of its kind, fencer and Olympic hopeful Ibtihaj Muhammad was recognized for her achievements as a Muslim sportswoman at the Ambassador Awards.

A passionate sportswoman herself, Margaret Smalley was highly respected in rugby circles.

On one hand, the literature sometimes tried to normalize the sportswoman. By assuring the permanence of a social and sexual order, some novels envisaged her emergence without challenging the conventional descriptive rules.

The 18-year-old, who has A-levels in art and PE, is a keen sportswoman having played for Polam Hall's senior netball team and the 1st X1 hockey squad.