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1988	Maria Canins
1989	Roberta Bonanomi
1990	Catherine Marsal
1991-92	Not held
1993	Lenka Ilavská
1994	Michela Fanini
1995	Fabiana Luperini
1996	Fabiana Luperini
1997	Fabiana Luperini
1998	Fabiana Luperini
1999	Joane Somarriba
2000	Joane Somarriba
2001	Nicole Brändli
2002	Svetlana Bubnenkova
2003	Nicole Brändli
2004	Nicole Cooke
2005	Nicole Brändli
2006	Edita Pucinskaite
2007	Edita Pucinskaite
2008	Fabiana Luperini
2009	Claudia Häusler
2010	Mara Abbott
2011	Marianne Vos
2012	Marianne Vos

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