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World Athletics Awards
Presented byWorld Athletics
First awarded1988
Websitehttps://worldathletics.org/awards
Sprinter Usain Bolt, here holding the 2011 trophy, was World Athlete of the Year in 2008, 2009, 2011–2013, and 2016, more times than any other athlete.

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.

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. Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis has also won the award three times including the inaugural World Athlete of the Year (Men's field) award in 2023 after World Athletics Awards changed from crowning a sole male and female winner to issuing awards across six categories (see below for further details).[1] 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 Venezuela's triple-jumper Yulima Rojas 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, American hurdler and sprinter Sydney McLaughlin-Levron, 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.

Changes to awards system

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In 2020, three new awards were created amongst the eight given out at the World Athletics gala to commemorate the challenges faced by athletes, event organisers and their support groups in the wake of the Covid-19 pandamic. The new honours were namely Covid inspiration award, athletes community award and member federations award.[2]

In 2023, the World Athlete of the Year awards for men and women were expanded into three event categories: track, field, and out of stadium.[1][3]

In 2024, World Athletics further revamped the World Athletics Awards system. Besides the three separate World Athlete of the Year awards for each gender, there will also be men’s and women’s awards for an overall World Athlete of the Year. Two finalists in each of the three category will progress to be considered for the overall World Athlete of the Year awards.

The system for selecting the winner for 2024 had also changed. As per before, a three-way voting process comprising of votes from the World Athletics Council (50%), World Athletics Family (25%) and a public vote on social media (25%) determined the finalists. However, a final round of voting cast by fans of the sport decided the overall World Athlete of the Year once the finalists had been established.

Letsile Tebogo and Sifan Hassan were the first men's and women's recipients of this overall winner awards in 2024. Each of them won two awards. Besides the overall award, they won the Athlete of the Year award for their event category too: Tebego was voted the Men's Track Athlete of the Year and Hassan was the winner of the Women's Out of Stadium Athlete of the Year award.[4]

As of 2024, the World Athletics Awards included the World Athlete of the Year awards, Rising Star awards, Coaching Achievement Award, Woman of the Year, Photograph of the Year, Member Federation Award and President’s Award.[5]

Athlete of the Year winners

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Middle-distance runner Hicham El Guerrouj has won the World Athlete of the Year award three times in 2001–2003.
Pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva was World Athlete of the Year in 2004, 2005 and 2008, the most wins in the female category, because Marion Jones's third award was annulled.
World Athlete of the Year winners[6]
Year Men Women Ref.
1988 United States Carl Lewis (1/2) United States Florence Griffith Joyner [7]
1989 United States Roger Kingdom Cuba Ana Fidelia Quirot [8]
1990 United Kingdom Steve Backley Jamaica Merlene Ottey [9]
1991 United States Carl Lewis (2/2) Germany Katrin Krabbe [10]
1992 United States Kevin Young Germany Heike Henkel [11]
1993 United Kingdom Colin Jackson United Kingdom Sally Gunnell [12]
1994 Algeria Noureddine Morceli United States Jackie Joyner-Kersee [13]
1995 United Kingdom Jonathan Edwards United States Gwen Torrence [14]
1996 United States Michael Johnson (1/2) Russia Svetlana Masterkova [15]
1997 Denmark Wilson Kipketer United States Marion Jones (1/2) [16]
1998 Ethiopia Haile Gebrselassie United States Marion Jones (2/2) [17]
1999 United States Michael Johnson (2/2) Romania Gabriela Szabo [18]
2000 Czech Republic Jan Železný United States Marion Jones[note 1] [20]
2001 Morocco Hicham El Guerrouj (1/3) United States Stacy Dragila [21]
2002 Morocco Hicham El Guerrouj (2/3) United Kingdom Paula Radcliffe [22]
2003 Morocco Hicham El Guerrouj (3/3) South Africa Hestrie Cloete [23]
2004 Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele (1/2) Russia Yelena Isinbayeva (1/3) [24]
2005 Ethiopia Kenenisa Bekele (2/2) Russia Yelena Isinbayeva (2/3) [25]
2006 Jamaica Asafa Powell United States Sanya Richards (1/2) [26]
2007 United States Tyson Gay Ethiopia Meseret Defar [27]
2008 Jamaica Usain Bolt (1/6) Russia Yelena Isinbayeva (3/3) [28]
2009 Jamaica Usain Bolt (2/6) United States Sanya Richards (2/2) [29]
2010 Kenya David Rudisha Croatia Blanka Vlašić [30]
2011 Jamaica Usain Bolt (3/6) Australia Sally Pearson [31]
2012 Jamaica Usain Bolt (4/6) United States Allyson Felix [32]
2013 Jamaica Usain Bolt (5/6) Jamaica Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce [33]
2014 France Renaud Lavillenie New Zealand Valerie Adams [34]
2015 United States Ashton Eaton Ethiopia Genzebe Dibaba [35]
2016 Jamaica Usain Bolt (6/6) Ethiopia Almaz Ayana [36]
2017 Qatar Mutaz Essa Barshim Belgium Nafissatou Thiam [37]
2018 Kenya Eliud Kipchoge (1/2) Colombia Caterine Ibargüen [38]
2019 Kenya Eliud Kipchoge (2/2) United States Dalilah Muhammad [39]
2020 Sweden Armand Duplantis (1/3) Venezuela Yulimar Rojas (1/2) [40]
2021 Norway Karsten Warholm Jamaica Elaine Thompson-Herah [41]
2022 Sweden Armand Duplantis (2/3) United States Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone [42]
2023 United States Noah Lyles
Sweden Armand Duplantis (3/3)
Kenya Kelvin Kiptum 		Kenya Faith Kipyegon
Venezuela Yulimar Rojas (2/2)
Ethiopia Tigist Assefa 		[1]
2024[note 2] Botswana Letsile Tebogo Netherlands Sifan Hassan [4]

Won per country

Country Won
 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
 Botswana 1
 Colombia 1
 Croatia 1
 Cuba 1
 Czech Republic 1
 Denmark 1
 France 1
 Netherlands 1
 New Zealand 1
 Norway 1
 Qatar 1
 Romania 1
 South Africa 1
Track, Field & Out of stadium Athlete of the Year winners
Year Men's Track Men's Field Men's Out of stadium Women's Track Women's Field Women's Out of stadium Ref.
2024 Botswana Letsile Tebogo Sweden Armand Duplantis Ethiopia Tamirat Tola United States Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Ukraine Yaroslava Mahuchikh Netherlands Sifan Hassan [4]

Rising Star winners

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Sprinter Erriyon Knighton is the only athlete that won the Rising Star of the Year award twice, in 2021 and 2022.

The Rising Star of the Year award for the best under-20 athlete was introduced by World Athletics in 2005.[43] In 2008, the award was presented as "Revelation of the Year Award".

Rising Star of the Year winners
Year Men Women Ref.
2005 United Kingdom Harry Aikines-Aryeetey – [44]
2006 Estonia Margus Hunt – [7]
2007 – Kenya Ruth Bosibori [7]
2008 – Kenya Pamela Jelimo[note 3] [7]
2009 not awarded
2010 Germany Till Wöschler Sweden Angelica Bengtsson [45]
2011 Grenada Kirani James Germany Christin Hussong [46]
2012 Trinidad and Tobago Keshorn Walcott The Bahamas Anthonique Strachan [7]
2013 – United States Mary Cain [7]
2014 France Wilhem Belocian United Kingdom Morgan Lake [7]
2015 Japan Abdul Hakim Sani Brown United States Candace Hill [7]
2016 Canada Andre De Grasse Belgium Nafissatou Thiam [7]
2017 Norway Karsten Warholm Venezuela Yulimar Rojas [7]
2018 Sweden Armand Duplantis United States Sydney McLaughlin [7]
2019 Ethiopia Selemon Barega Ukraine Yaroslava Mahuchikh [7]
2020 not awarded[note 4]
2021 United States Erriyon Knighton (1/2) United States Athing Mu [41]
2022 United States Erriyon Knighton (2/2) Serbia Adriana Vilagoš [47]
2023 Kenya Emmanuel Wanyonyi Kenya Faith Cherotich [3]
2024 Italy Mattia Furlani Ethiopia Sembo Almayew [4]

Won per country

Country Won
 United States 6
 Kenya 4
 Ethiopia 2
 Germany 2
 Sweden 2
 United Kingdom 2
 Bahamas 1
 Belgium 1
 Canada 1
 Estonia 1
 France 1
 Grenada 1
 Italy 1
 Japan 1
 Norway 1
 Serbia 1
 Trinidad and Tobago 1
 Ukraine 1
 Venezuela 1

Coaching Achievement award winners

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The award was first presented in 2006 and has been renamed several times before its current reincarnation: Coach of the Year Award (2006 - 2010), Coaching Lifetime Achievement Award (2011 - 2012) and Coaching Achievement Award (2014 - present).

Coaching Achievement award winners
Year Winner Ref.
2010 Cuba Santiago Antúnez [45]
2011 Kenya John Velzian [46]
2012 Jamaica Glen Mills [7]
2013 United States Alberto Salazar [7]
2014 United States Tom Tellez [7]
2015 Netherlands Bart Bennema [7]
2016 United States Harry Marra [7]
2017 Namibia Anna Botha [7]
2018 United States Joe Vigil [7]
2019 Republic of Ireland Colm O'Connell [48]
2020 United States Helena and Greg Duplantis [49]
2021 United States Bobby Kersee [41]
2022 Ukraine Gennadii Zuiev [50]
2023 Switzerland Laurent Meuwly [51]
2024 United Kingdom Trevor Painter [52]

Woman of the Year winners

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The award started out in 2014 as "Women in Athletics Awad" before it was changed by World Athletics in 2019 to "Women of the Year Award".[53]

Woman of the Year winners
Year Women Ref.
2014 United States Evie Garrett Dennis [7]
2015 not awarded
2016 Greece Polyxeni Argeitak [7]
2017 United Kingdom Cherry Alexander [7]
2018 Puerto Rico Evelyn Claudio Lopez [54]
2019 Ethiopia Derartu Tulu [55]
2020 not awarded
2021 India Anju Bobby George [56]
2022 United Kingdom Donna Fraser [57]
2023 Togo Falilatou Tchanile-Salifou [58]
2024 United States Renee Washington [59]

Member Federation award winners

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The Member Federation award was inaugurated in 2020.[2]

Member Federation award winners
Year Winner Ref.
2020 Poland Polish Athletics Association [49]
2021 Costa Rica Costa Rican Athletics Federation [60]
2022 Brazil Brazilian Athletics Confederation [61]
2023 Australia Athletics Australia [62]
2024 United States USA Track & Field [63]

Notes

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  1. ^ In 2007, Marion Jones's award was annulled by the IAAF after she had pleaded guilty to the use of steroids in 2000 and 2001.[19]
  2. ^ Both Tebogo and Hassan won two awards each in 2024 after a revamp of the awards system: Overall World Athlete of the Year award for men and women respectively and Athlete of the Year award in their respective event discipline. Only the overall winner award shall be counted towards statistics with the exception of the year 2023 where there was no overall winner award given out.
  3. ^ As Revelation of the Year award
  4. ^ Not awarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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