Venus Williams, one of the most accomplished and popular athletes in the world, was honored as Sportswoman of the Year by the March of Dimes New York Division at its 26th Annual Sports Luncheon last week.
Each year, March of Dimes honors the outstanding achievements of men and women in the sports industry. Past tennis recipients include Billie Jean King, Andre Agassi and Arthur Ashe.
Williams, perennially one of the top ranked women’s tennis players in the world, holds 41 WTA titles including seven Grand Slam (five coming at Wimbledon) singles titles. Difficult to beat when playing solo, Venus has combined with sister Serena for 10 Grand Slam Doubles Championships, most recently at the 2009 U.S. Open.
The duo also won their second gold medal during the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, giving Venus her third Olympic gold. Venus has recently transferred her prowess off the court and onto the fashion runway as the topic of a recent photo book, “Venus”. Always the entrepreneur, Williams has also started her own interior design firm, V Starr Interiors.
The March of Dimes is the leading nonprofit organization for pregnancy and baby health. With chapters nationwide, the March of Dimes works to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth and infant mortality. This year’s event was held on Wednesday, December 2 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City.
What for? Her 2009 was unsuccessful. I don’t see what so great she’s done to get the award.
she did very well this year she won 1 titled was 3 finalest so what do you mean she didn’t do nothing this year she would have won wembldon if it wasnt for her sister serena come on now lil 1 get gone she did very at (MARINE)
Darius the last sentence of your comment makes no sense. I havent said she did nothing but compared to last year there wasn’t much success. Dinara was also a finalist and won 4 tournaments, Dementieva won 3, Kuznetsova won a slam + China open so based on this I don’t understand how Venus is better than them. Maybe off court but certainly not because of on court achievements.
The award wasn’t so much for her work on the court, it was for her work off the court. Venus has done tremendous work as a Humanitarian and she repeatedly gets acknowledged for it. This is just another great honor bestowed upon her. I admit it too, her year on the courts weren’t that great.