Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award

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The Best Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award, known alternatively as the Outstanding Athlete with a Disability ESPY Award, was presented annually between 2002 and 2004 athlete with a physical disability, irrespective of gender, nationality, or sport contested, adjudged to be the best in a given calendar year. The award was bifurcated by gender in 2005, since which year Best Female and a Best Male Athlete with a Disability ESPY Awards have been presented.

Over the three years of the award, its voting panel was composed variously of fans; sportswriters and broadcasters, sports executives, and retired sportspersons, termed collectively experts; and ESPN personalities. The ESPY Awards ceremony is conducted in June and awards conferred reflected performance and achievement over the twelve months previous to presentation[1].

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Year Sportsperson Nation represented Sport(s) contested
2002 Erik Weihenmayer Flag of the United StatesUnited States Mountain climbing
2003 Marlon Shirley Flag of the United StatesUnited States Athletics
2004 Kyle Maynard Flag of the United StatesUnited States Freestyle wrestling

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  1. ^ Because of the rescheduling of the ESPY Awards ceremony, the award presented in 2002 was given in consideration of performance betwixt February 2001 and June 2002.

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