Emily Williams was triumphant at the prestigious 2017 Northampton Leisure Trust Sports Awards winning the young sportswoman of the year award, going one better than 2016 when she was a runner up in the same category.
Emily Williams crowned Young Sportswoman of the year
Emily was voted ahead of Paralympian Swimmer Ellie Robinson who won in 2016 & also scooped the 2016 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award after claiming gold at the Rio Paralympics. Emily also beat British Kick boxing champion Trinity Leeson-Rice which underlines the magnificent year she has had, which saw her become the British & Irish U17 800m Champion.
Emily’s consistency in 2017 has been quite incredible, running 12 times inside the gold standard for athletics the AAA common standards (6 time each for 800m & 1500m) and she has also broken the KTH club record for 800/ 1500m on 11 occasions. Her track season will go down as one of the best of all-time by a bottom year U17 UK athlete.
She was crowned English Schools & SIAB British & Irish U17 800m champion in back to back weeks in July, and her consistency has seen her elevated to a true world class athlete with a No1 ranking in the world for both 800m & 1500m under the IAAF rankings for athletes born in 2002. She is also one of the highest ranked athletes in the UK all-time list, top 5 for the 800m & 1500m for bottom year athletes.
Congratulations to Emily on winning the award!