IAAF Athlete of the Year
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The IAAF Athlete of the Year award is a prize that can be won by athletes participating in track and field competitions organised by the IAAF.
[edit] Male winners
- 1988
Carl Lewis - 1989 Roger Kingdom
- 1990
Steve Backley - 1991 Carl Lewis
- 1992 Kevin Young
- 1993 Colin Jackson
- 1994
Noureddine Morceli - 1995 Jonathan Edwards
- 1996 Michael Johnson
- 1997
Wilson Kipketer - 1998
Haile Gebrselassie - 1999 Michael Johnson
- 2000
Jan Zelezny - 2001
Hicham El Guerrouj - 2002 Hicham El Guerrouj
- 2003 Hicham El Guerrouj
- 2004 Kenenisa Bekele
- 2005 Kenenisa Bekele
- 2006
Asafa Powell
[edit] Female winners
- 1988 Florence Griffith-Joyner
- 1989
Ana Fidelia Quirot - 1990 Merlene Ottey
- 1991
Katrin Krabbe - 1992 Heike Henkel
- 1993 Sally Gunnell
- 1994 Jackie Joyner-Kersee
- 1995 Gwen Torrence
- 1996
Svetlana Masterkova - 1997 Marion Jones
- 1998 Marion Jones
- 1999
Gabriela Szabo - 2000 Marion Jones
- 2001 Stacy Dragila
- 2002 Paula Radcliffe
- 2003
Hestrie Cloete - 2004 Yelena Isinbayeva
- 2005 Yelena Isinbayeva
- 2006 Sanya Richards
