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European Athlete of the Year

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The European Athlete of the Year award is an annual prize for sportspeople from Europe participating in athletics, including track and field, road running, and cross country running competitions. The election has been organised by the European Athletic Association (EAA), the European governing body for the sport of athletics, since 1993.

Photo of Femke Bol holding a gold medal from the 2023 World Championships
Hurdler/sprinter Femke Bol was the women's Rising Star of the Year in 2021 and women's Athete of the Year in 2022 and 2023.
Photo of Jakob Ingebrigtsen with a gold medal around his neck
Middle/long-distance runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen was the men's Rising Star of the Year in 2018 and men's Athlete of the Year in 2022 and 2023.

Each year, a shortlist is created by selecting the top European athlete in each event, based upon performances at the year's major championships. Only in exceptional circumstances will more than one athlete be shortlisted per event. Athletes who have served a doping ban of two years or more are ineligible.[1] Via the EAA website, fans, media, and members of the EAA federations are allowed to vote for five male and five female athletes on the list, with athletes receiving one to five points based on their ranking. A panel of experts also cast their votes. The votes of each of the four groups comprises 25% of the athletes' total scores, and the male and female athletes with the highest combined points totals win.[2][3]

In 2007, a separate European Athletics Rising Star of the Year award was established for athletes under 23 years of age as a way of acknowledging young competitors' achievements on their way to becoming senior athletes.[4]

Both awards are presented during the annual Golden Tracks gala of the EEA. Waterford Crystal sponsored the event from 2002–2008 and Mondo, a manufacturer of track and field equipment and facilities, sponsored the 2009 presentation.[5][6]

Winner statistics edit

 
Long-distance runner Mo Farah is the only athlete to win the main award three times, in 2011, 2012, and 2016.

Long-distance runner Mo Farah of Great Britain is the only athlete, male or female, to win the main award three times. Czech javelin legend Jan Železný, British triple jumper Jonathan Edwards with his Swedish rival Christian Olsson, Norwegian hurdler Karsten Warholm, and Norwegian middle/long-distance runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen have won the men's award twice, while Sweden's heptathlete Carolina Klüft, Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, Croatian high jumper Blanka Vlašić, Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers, and Dutch sprinter/hurdler Femke Bol have won the women's award twice each.

Warholm, Ingebrigtsen, and Bol have each completed the triple of the Rising Star award, followed by two senior awards. Two athletes have completed the double of the Rising Star trophy followed by the senior award: sprinter Christophe Lemaitre of France and Great Britain's heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill.

Carolina Klüft and Christophe Lemaitre were the youngest European Athletes of the Year so far. They were only 20 when winning this accolade in 2003 and 2010 respectively.[7]

Athlete of the Year winners edit

European Athlete of the Year winners
Year Men Women Ref.
1993   Linford Christie   Sally Gunnell [8][9]
1994   Colin Jackson   Irina Privalova [8][9]
1995   Jonathan Edwards (1/2)   Sonia O'Sullivan [8][9]
1996   Jan Železný (1/2)   Svetlana Masterkova [8][9]
1997   Wilson Kipketer   Astrid Kumbernuss [8][9]
1998   Jonathan Edwards (2/2)   Christine Arron [8][9]
1999   Tomáš Dvořák   Gabriela Szabo [8][9]
2000   Jan Železný (2/2)   Trine Hattestad [8][9]
2001   André Bucher   Stephanie Graf [8][9]
2002   Dwain Chambers   Süreyya Ayhan [8][9]
2003   Christian Olsson (1/2)   Carolina Klüft (1/2) [8][9]
2004   Christian Olsson (2/2)   Kelly Holmes [8][9]
2005   Virgilijus Alekna   Yelena Isinbayeva (1/2) [8][9]
2006   Francis Obikwelu   Carolina Klüft (2/2) [8][9]
2007   Tero Pitkämäki   Blanka Vlašić (1/2) [8][9]
2008   Andreas Thorkildsen   Yelena Isinbayeva (2/2) [8][9]
2009   Phillips Idowu   Marta Domínguez [10]
2010   Christophe Lemaitre   Blanka Vlašić (2/2) [8][9]
2011   Mo Farah (1/3)   Mariya Savinova [11]
2012   Mo Farah (2/3)   Jessica Ennis [8][9]
2013   Bohdan Bondarenko   Zuzana Hejnová [12]
2014   Renaud Lavillenie   Dafne Schippers (1/2) [13]
2015   Greg Rutherford   Dafne Schippers (2/2) [14]
2016   Mo Farah (3/3)   Ruth Beitia [15]
2017   Johannes Vetter   Katerina Stefanidi [16]
2018   Kevin Mayer   Dina Asher-Smith [17]
2019   Karsten Warholm (1/2)   Mariya Lasitskene [18]
2020 not awarded[note 1]
2021   Karsten Warholm (2/2)   Sifan Hassan [19]
2022   Armand Duplantis
  Jakob Ingebrigtsen (1/2) 		  Femke Bol (1/2) [20]
2023   Jakob Ingebrigtsen (2/2)   Femke Bol (2/2) [21]

Rising Star of the Year winners edit

European Athletics Rising Star of the Year winners
Year Men Women Ref.
2007   Andrew Howe   Jessica Ennis [22]
2008   Raphael Holzdeppe   Stephanie Twell [22]
2009   Christophe Lemaitre   Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal [22]
2010   Teddy Tamgho   Sandra Perković [22]
2011   David Storl   Jodie Williams [11]
2012   Pavel Maslák   Angelica Bengtsson [22]
2013   Emir Bekrić   Aníta Hinriksdóttir [12]
2014   Adam Gemili   Mariya Kuchina [13]
2015   Konrad Bukowiecki   Noemi Zbären [14]
2016   Max Heß   Nafissatou Thiam [15]
2017   Karsten Warholm   Yuliya Levchenko [16]
2018   Armand Duplantis
  Jakob Ingebrigtsen 		  Elvira Herman [17]
2019   Niklas Kaul   Yaroslava Mahuchikh [18]
2020 not awarded[note 1]
2021   Sasha Zhoya   Femke Bol [19]
2022   Mykolas Alekna   Elina Tzengko [23]
2023   Mattia Furlani   Angelina Topić [21]

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References edit

  1. ^ European Athlete of the Year Award nominations for 2009 Archived 25 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (14 September 2009). Retrieved on 2 October 2009.
  2. ^ European Athletics Rising Star Awards nominations for 2009. European Athletics (2009). Retrieved on 2 October 2009.
  3. ^ Idowu and Domínguez win European Athlete of the Year Awards. IAAF (2 October 2009). Retrieved on 2 October 2009.
  4. ^ Jessica Ennis wins European Athletics Rising Star Award Archived 13 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine. UK Athletics (26 September 2007). Retrieved on 2 October 2009.
  5. ^ MONDO becomes presenting partner for European Athletics Awards Night [dead link]. European Athletics (1 September 2009). Retrieved on 2 October 2009.
  6. ^ Update EAA – Newsletter of the European Athletics Association. European Athletics (October 2002). Retrieved on 2 October 2009.
  7. ^ "From Arron to Zelezny | The A-Z of the Golden Tracks". European Athletics. 20 October 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Farah voted 2012 European Athlete of the Year", World Athletics, 5 October 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Ennis voted 2012 European Athlete of the Year", World Athletics, 4 October 2012. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Idowu named top European athlete", BBC News, 2 October 2009. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  11. ^ a b "World Championships star Mo Farah named European athlete of the year", The Guardian, 5 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Bondarenko, Hejnová, Bekrić, Hinriksdottir crowned at European Athletics Awards Night ", European Athletic Association, 12 October 2013. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  13. ^ a b "Lavillenie, Schippers, Gemili, Kuchina crowned at Golden Tracks ceremony", European Athletic Association, 11 October 2014. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Golden Tracks glory for Rutherford and Schippers", European Athletic Association, 17 October 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  15. ^ a b "Golden Tracks winners revealed", European Athletic Association, 15 October 2016. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  16. ^ a b "Vetter and Stefanidi crowned European Athletes of the Year", World Athletics, 15 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  17. ^ a b "Mayer and Asher-Smith crowned European Athletes of the Year in Lausanne", European Athletic Association, 26 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  18. ^ a b "Warholm and Lasitskene crowned 2019 European Athletes of the Year", European Athletic Association, 26 October 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  19. ^ a b "Hassan and Warholm crowned 2021 European Athletes of the Year", European Athletic Association, 16 October 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  20. ^ "Bol, Duplantis, Ingebrigtsen crowned 2022 European Athletes of the Year", European Athletic Association, 22 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  21. ^ a b "Bol and Ingebrigtsen crowned 2023 European Athletes of the Year in Vilnius", European Athletics, 21 October 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  22. ^ a b c d e "From Ennis-Hill to Warholm: a look back at past Rising Stars winners", European Athletic Association, 24 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  23. ^ "In focus | A closer look at Rising Stars Tzengko and Alekna", European Athletic Association, 25 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
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