05. Februar 2005  
Colorado Springs / USA  
Artistic Gymnastics

Carly Patterson: SportsWoman of the Year 2004

Carly Patterson (USA)

Olympic all-around champion Carly Patterson - the first US woman to win the Olympic all-around gymnastics title since Mary Lou Retton - was chosen as 'Sportswoman of the Year 2004' by the United States Olympic Committee.
Olympic men's all-around champion Paul Hamm finished second in the 'SportsMan of the Year' division behind the swimmer Michael Phelps. Following Hamm in the voting were the cyclist Lance Armstrong...
Patterson is the second gymnast to win this US award, former world all-around champion Kim Zmeskal (1991) was the first..
Following Patterson in the voting were Natalie Coughlin (swimming) and Paralympian Erin Popovich (swimming), who tied for second place; Mariel Zaguinis (fencing); and Lisa Fernandez (softball).

The US women’s softball squad were named 'US Team of the Year 2004'.