World Sports Awards 2000
Award Category Track and Field (Women) Winner Marion Jones (USA) Sport 100m, 200m, 4 x 100m, 4 x 400m and long jump Achievements in 2000 and Career Highlights
Three Olympic gold medals (100m, 200m and 4 x 400m); two Olympic bronze medals (long jump and 4 x 100m); World Championships gold medallist three times (two over 100m, in Athens in 1997 and Seville in 1999, and 4 x 400m in Athens in 1997); World Championships bronze medallist (long jump in Seville in 1999); two golds at the Goodwill Games 1998 (100m and 200m); 4 x 200m-world record holder with the US relay team.
Award Category Athletics (Women) Winner Simona Amanar (ROM) Sport All-round Gymnastics Achievements in 2000 and Career Highlights Three Olympic gold medals (two in Sydney, one in Atlanta 1996, horse vaulting), one Olympic silver medal (Atlanta, floor), three Olympic bronze medals (Sydney, floor and Atlanta, all-round and team), four World Championship gold medals (two in horse vaulting, two in team events), four World Championship silver medals (two in horse vaulting, all-round, floor), four European Championship gold medals (two in horse vaulting, asymmetrical bars, team), three European Championship silver medals (all-round, horse vaulting, asymmetrical bars), three European Championship bronze medals (beam, floor, team), and Massalia Gam Cup wins in the all-round, floor and team events.
Award Category Water Sports (Women) Winner Inge de Bruijn (NED) Sport Swimming Achievements in 2000 and Career Highlights 
Three Olympic gold medals (50 m freestyle, 100 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly), Olympic silver medal (4 x 100 m relay freestyle), three world records, voted Swimmer of the Year, two short-course World Championship gold medals 1999 (50 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly), World Championship gold medal 1991 (4 x 100 m relay freestyle), two World Championship silver medals (100 m freestyle 1999, 100 m butterfly 1991), two World Championship bronze medals (50 m freestyle 1991, 1993), two European Championships gold medals 1999 (50 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly), 1 x European Championships silver medal 1999 (100 m freestyle), "European Female Swimmer of the Year 1999".
Award Category Winter Sports (Women) Winner Renate Gotschl (AUT) Sport Alpine Skiing Achievements in 2000 and Career Highlights Overall World Cup winner; winner in an individual World Cup discipline (super-G); two wins to date in World Cup 2000/2001, Gold medallist in the 1999 Vail World Championships (downhill); World Championship gold medallist in Sestriere in 1997 (combination); two World Championship silver medals in Vail in 1999 (super-G and combination); Overall World Cup winner (2000); World Cup individual discipline winner three time (downhill twice and super-G once); 18 World Cup race wins; Austrian Sportswoman of the Year in 1997.
Award Category Extreme/Adventure (Women) Winner Raola Pezzo (ITA) Sport Mountainbiking Achievements in 2000 and Career Highlights European Championship silver medal, two Olympic gold medals (1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney), two World Championship gold medals (1993, 1997), one World Championship bronze medal (1999), one win in the overall World Cup (1997).
Award Category Ball Sports (Women) Winner Venus Williams Sport Tennis Achievements in 2000 and Career Highlights 
Two Olympic gold medals (singles, doubles with sister Serena), two wins in Grand Slam tournaments (Wimbledon, US Open); six tournament wins; won 35 singles matches in succession between June and October; No. 3 in the ATP rankings.