{"id":10961,"date":"2025-02-21T19:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/emma-raducanu-how-dubai-incident-is-a-stark-reminder-of-threat-faced-by-female-athletes\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T19:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T19:52:08","slug":"emma-raducanu-how-dubai-incident-is-a-stark-reminder-of-threat-faced-by-female-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/emma-raducanu-how-dubai-incident-is-a-stark-reminder-of-threat-faced-by-female-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Emma Raducanu: How Dubai incident is a stark reminder of threat faced by female athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Approximately one in five women experience stalking in their lifetime, according to the UK’s Office of National Statistics.<\/p>\n

Being a well-known public personality increases exposure and a number of female tennis players have been subjected to predatory behaviour in recent years.<\/p>\n

Raducanu, 22, has previously been the victim of a stalker, with another man given a five-year restraining order in 2022<\/a> after he walked 23 miles to her home.<\/p>\n

Fellow British player Katie Boulter described to the Guardian last year, external<\/span><\/a> how she had been followed by people in a car and on foot, while American players Danielle Collins, external<\/span><\/a> and Sloane Stephens have also highlighted the harassment which they have faced.<\/p>\n

A man was charged last month<\/a> with stalking American basketball player Caitlin Clark, while sprinter Gabby Thomas and rugby player Ilona Maher have recently spoken out about their fears.<\/p>\n

Bartoli recalled a similar harrowing experience during a match at the All England Club in 2007.<\/p>\n

Bartoli described how a man followed her throughout the British grass-court season, turning up at the Birmingham and Eastbourne events before pretending to be a member of the Wimbledon groundstaff to get nearer to her.<\/p>\n

“He found a way to purchase the same kit and get himself into my courts,” she added.<\/p>\n

“I recognised him during my first-round match against Flavia Pennetta and I pointed it out straight away.<\/p>\n

“I said he was not a groundsperson, he was not working there, he was someone who has been stalking me for three weeks.”<\/p>\n

Stephanie Hilborne, the chief executive of the Women in Sport charity, told BBC Sport that “every single woman has a level of fear”.<\/p>\n

“That’s not restricted to the more visible women – but the more visible you are, the greater that risk is and feels,” she said.<\/p>\n

“In sport, we have the situation where your body is very much on show so it makes for extra risk.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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