I Support Women In Sport 2016 Nominees: Moment Of The Year 2016

Moment Of The Year 2016

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4 x 100m Freestyle Relay Olympic Gold Medalist – Bronte & Cate Campbell, Brittany Elmslie & Emma McKeon

Our girls smashed our own world record in Rio this year to place first and win gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay.

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Ruby Sevens Olympic Gold Medalists – Australian Womens Sevens

The team’s win marked a historic step forward in gender equality bringing home the first-ever Olympic gold medal for a female rugby 7s team.

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Modern Pentathalon Olympic Gold Medalist – Chloe Esposito

Chloe made history in the first ever modern pentathlon in Rio coming from behind to win gold and surprising the nation.

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Women’s Trap Olympic Gold Medalist – Catherine Skinner

Catherine became the first Australian woman to win a shooting gold since 2004, after a tense fifteen shot final against New Zealand.

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Women’s 400m Freestyle Paralympic Gold Medalist – Lakeisha Patterson

At just 17, Lakeisha broke a world record to win Australia’s first gold medal at the Rio 2016 Paralympics beating her lifelong idol Jessica Long from the USA in the women’s S8 400m freestyle.

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Melbourne Cup 2015 – Michelle Payne

In 2015 Michelle defied the odds becoming the first ever female to win the Melbourne Cup in it’s 155 year history.

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Moment Of The Year 2016

  

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