Welcome to Women in Sport:
This is a fan site dedicated to raising the awareness of women's sport and women in sport.

One in three peopel who play sport are female however women's sport is not given a third of the amount of the media coverage.

In a recent Western Australia study of female role models, teenaged girls were asked to nominate their favourite sporting idol. Surprising, 54% listed a male sportsperson, 33% listed a female sportsperson and 13% had no sporting idol at all.

Of those who did nominate a famle athlete, half listed Cathy Freeman (Australian 400m Olympic gold medalist) as their idol.

This study showed that when women recieve high levels of media exposure they can become role models for young women to look up to.

Getting enough media coverage is easier said then done. In 1996 women's sport recieved 10.7% of newspapers coverage and only 2% of tv coverage.

February 14, 2000

Tennis

Mauresmo Magic:
Paris: An emotional Amelie Mauresmo won her first WTA title for more than a year when she beat Anke Huber of Germany 7-6 6-1 in the Paris Open Final.

Other Sport

Thousands Hail Returning Heroine:
Britains Ellecn Mac-Arthur sailed strom-battered Kngfisher across the French finishing line for second place in the gruelling non-stop round-the world Vendee Glaobe yachy race. The 24 year old, greeted by thousands of well wishes after 94 days at sea, became the youngest competitor to complete the race, the fastest woman to circum-navigate the planet, and only the second person - after winner Michel Desjoyeaux - to get aroudn the world in under 100 days.