The British Olympic Association (BOA) announced the full list of recipients of the 2007 Olympic Athlete of the Year trophy yesterday and snowboarder Zoe Gillings was among the winners. Introduced in 2005, to mark the BOA’s Centenary Year and the awarding of the 2012 Olympic Games to London, the BOA presented a trophy to each of the 35 Olympic Governing Bodies for them to award on an annual basis to their top Olympic Athlete.
...Winners of the Olympic awards were also invited to celebrate their achievements at the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the Year.
Zoe Gillings has had a great start to the World Cup season, finishing in the top 10 in her 3 snowboard cross races so far this season.
For more about the awards and a full list of winners see:
http://www.olympics.org.uk/news.aspx?ne=2172