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History of Women in Sports Timeline - 2010
- 2010 - Brazil's Marta, 23, is soccer's World Player of the Year award for the fourth year in a row. She won the Golden Boot and was elected league MVP with the Los Angeles Sol in 2009 in the revamped U.S Women's Professional Soccer League. American Mia Hamm won the inaugural women's award in 2001, winning again in 2002; Germany's Birgit Prinz won the award three years in a row from 2003-2005.
- 2010 - NBC's Universal Sports names alpine skier Lindsey Vonn its Female Athlete of the Decade.
- 2010 - Penn State becomes the first team to win three straight NCAA volleyball titles, extending the Nittany Lions' record winning streak to 102 straight games.
- 2010 - Stanford University's Kelley O'Hara wins the Hermann Trophy, NCAA soccer's highest honor, with a school record with 26 goals scored during the 2009 season while leading the Cardinals to the NCAA championship.
- 2010 - Melanie Troxel, a star on the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag racing circuit, becomes the first woman to win the opening competition of the Lucas Oil/Geoff Bodine Bobsled Challenge, topping a field of nine male drivers to capture the victory in the first of two races held in a fundraiser for the United States bobsled team.
- 2010 - Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova, 22, signs a record-breaking eight-year 70-million-dollar contract with Nike in the largest athletic endorsement for woman in history. Larger than Venus Williams' five-year, $45-million deal signed with Reebok in 2000, it includes the launch of a clothing line designed by Sharapova in which she will get a share of the profits.
- 2010- Serena Williams wins her second-straight and fifth Australian Open title, defeating Justine Henin, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2. With her 12th Grand Slam championship overall, she is now tied with Women's Sports Foundation founder, Billie Jean King.
- 2010 - Martina Sablikova gives the Czech Republic its first Olympic medal in speedskating, winning the gold in the women's 3,000 meters; the silver medalist is Stephanie Beckert of Germany and Canada's Kristina Groves takes the bronze
- 2010 - At the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, American's Hannah Kearney and Shannon Bahrke win the gold and bronze in the women's moguls Saturday with Canada's Jen Heil earning the silver.
- 2010 - Slovakian Anastazia Kuzmina wins the gold medal in the women's 7.5 kilometer biathlon sprint. The silver was won by Magdalena Neuner and the bronze by Marie France' Dorin.
- 2010 -The Amateur Softball Association of America (ASA) and USA Softball names Jennie Finch the USA Softball Female Athlete of the year for her accomplishments during the 2009 season. Her hits in the Championship Game of both the Japan Cup and Canada Cup secured the USA victories and was voted the Japan Cup MVP.
- 2010 - Australia's Torah Bright wins the gold medal in the Olympic women's halfpipe, defeating American Hannah Teter; American Kelly Clark, the 2002 champion, wins bronze.
- 2010 - American Lindsey Vonn wins her first career gold medal in alpine skiing; her teammate and 2006 giant slalom gold medalist Julia Mancuso finishes second; bronze is won by Gorgl. Vonn's victory is the first for an American woman in the event, and the 1-2 finish is the first for the U.S. in an alpine event in 26 years.
- 2010 - Canadian Maelle Ricker takes gold in women's snowboard cross; Deborah Anthonioz of France wins the silver; Olivia Nobs of Switzerland wins the bronze.
- 2010 - Venus Williams defeats Kim Clijsters 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to win the Billie Jean King Cup.
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