 After her final tournament, when she won the Paralympic gold medal in September 2012, Vergeer had extended her winning streak to 470 matches.She has been nominated six times for the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability, winning it twice, in 2002 and 2008.In October 2010 she posed nude for "ESPN The Magazine"s annual Body Issue, marking the first time the magazine has featured a disabled athlete in the Body Issue.