Pearson admits to losing confidence

Olympic hurdles champion Sally Pearson admits 2015 has been a tough year and she's lost a lot of confidence.

But Australia's injured queen of the athletics track has drawn inspiration and motivation from being surrounded by a host of other female sporting stars.

Pearson, the 2012 Olympic 100m hurdles champion, missed this year's world championships after requiring surgery following a wrist injury in a Diamond League meet in June.

She gave an insight into her feelings at Tuesday night's Australian Health I Support Women In Sports awards dinner in Sydney attended by numerous female sporting champions.

"I've had a tough year this year and lost a lot of confidence," Pearson said.

"But when I see all the faces here, it really inspires me and puts that confidence back in for next year.

"I'm really looking forward to a fantastic year."

One of Pearson's 2012 Olympic teammates and good friends, cyclist Anna Meares, won the Sports Woman of the Year award on Tuesday night.

Meares, who this year won an 11th world title to go with her two Olympic gold medals, couldn't be present to receive her award as she is in Colombia for this week's first track cycling World Cup meet of the season.

Netball was among the most successful of sports at the awards with the World Cup-winning Diamonds taking out Team of the Year and their captain Laura Geitz scoring the Leadership Legend gong.

Olympic gold medal winning swimmer Susie O'Neill was the first woman inducted into the event's new Hall of Fame, while dual cricket and football international Ellyse Perry won the Outstanding Woman in Sport award selected by the federal Minister for Health and Sport Sussan Ley.