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Wheelchair racer Petitclerc voted The Canadian Press female athlete of year

Dec 26, 2008

Wheelchair racer Petitclerc voted The Canadian Press female athlete of year http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081226/sports/year_female_athlete
(The Canadian Press).

"Chantal Petitclerc, who won five gold medals at the Paralympic Games in Beijing, is the first Paralympian to be voted The Canadian Press female athlete of the year since the award was created in 1933. The Montreal wheelchair racer finished first in a survey of sports editors and broadcasters across the country to capture the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award. "

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