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Annual award administered by World Athletics From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The World Athletics Awards is a prize that can be won by athletes participating in events within the sport of athletics organised by World Athletics (formerly named IAAF), including track and field, cross country running, road running, and racewalking.
World Athletics Awards | |
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Presented by | World Athletics |
First awarded | 1988 |
Website | https://worldathletics.org/awards |
The first athletes awarded World Athlete of the Year in 1988 were Americans, namely sprinter Florence Griffith-Joyner and track and field athlete Carl Lewis.
Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is the only athlete, male or female, to win the World Athlete of the Year Awards six times. Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva and Morocco's middle-distance runner Hicham El Guerrouj have won the main award three times. American track and field athlete Marion Jones, sprinter Sanya Richards-Ross representing the USA, Carl Lewis and other American sprinter Michael Johnson, Ethiopia's long-distance runner Kenenisa Bekele, Kenya's long-distance runner Eliud Kipchoge, and Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis have won the award twice each.
The Rising Star of the Year award was inaugurated in 2005, when Great Britain's sprinter Harry Aikines-Aryeetey was awarded. The first woman to be voted was steeplechase specialist, Ruth Bosibori of Kenya, in 2007.
Belgian heptathlete Nafissatou Thiam was the first to receive Rising Star award followed by Athlete of the Year trophy. The other athletes to achieve the feat were Venezuela's triple jumper Yulimar Rojas, Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis, and Norwegian hurdler Karsten Warholm. In 2022, American sprinter Erriyon Knighton became the first athlete to be crowned Rising Star twice.
Won per country
Country | Won |
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United States | 20 |
Jamaica | 10 |
Ethiopia | 7 |
Kenya | 5 |
United Kingdom | 5 |
Russia | 4 |
Morocco | 3 |
Sweden | 3 |
Germany | 2 |
Venezuela | 2 |
Algeria | 1 |
Australia | 1 |
Belgium | 1 |
Colombia | 1 |
Croatia | 1 |
Cuba | 1 |
Czech Republic | 1 |
Denmark | 1 |
France | 1 |
New Zealand | 1 |
Norway | 1 |
Qatar | 1 |
Romania | 1 |
South Africa | 1 |
Year | Men | Women | Ref. |
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2005 | Harry Aikines-Aryeetey | – | [39] |
2006 | Margus Hunt | – | [2] |
2007 | – | Ruth Bosibori | [2] |
2008 | – | Pamela Jelimo[note 2] | [2] |
2009 | not awarded | ||
2010 | Till Wöschler | Angelica Bengtsson | [40] |
2011 | Kirani James | Christin Hussong | [41] |
2012 | Keshorn Walcott | Anthonique Strachan | [2] |
2013 | – | Mary Cain | [2] |
2014 | Wilhem Belocian | Morgan Lake | [2] |
2015 | Abdul Hakim Sani Brown | Candace Hill | [2] |
2016 | Andre De Grasse | Nafissatou Thiam | [2] |
2017 | Karsten Warholm | Yulimar Rojas | [2] |
2018 | Armand Duplantis | Sydney McLaughlin | [2] |
2019 | Selemon Barega | Yaroslava Mahuchikh | [2] |
2020 | not awarded[note 3] | ||
2021 | Erriyon Knighton (1/2) | Athing Mu | [36] |
2022 | Erriyon Knighton (2/2) | Adriana Vilagoš | [42] |
2023 | Emmanuel Wanyonyi | Faith Cherotich | [43] |
Won per country
Year | Women | Ref. |
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2023 | Falilatou Tchanile-Salifou | [44] |
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