Track & Field Athlete of the Year

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The Track & Field Athlete of the Year Award is an annual prize handed out to athletes participating in track and field competitions. The election is organised by the highly rated sportsmagazine Track & Field News since 1959 on the men's side, and among the women since 1974. In general, the men's choices have been dominated by distance runners, the women's by sprinters. A panel of international track and field experts selects the winners.

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[edit] Winners

Year Men's Winner Women's Winner
1959 Martin Lauer Flag of West Germany West Germany
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1960 Rafer Johnson Flag of the United States United States
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1961 Ralph Boston Flag of the United States United States
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1962 Peter Snell Flag of New Zealand New Zealand
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1963 Yang Chuan-Kwang Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
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1964 Peter Snell Flag of New Zealand New Zealand
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1965 Ron Clarke Flag of Australia Australia
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1966 Jim Ryun Flag of the United States United States
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1967 Jim Ryun Flag of the United States United States
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1968 Bob Beamon Flag of the United States United States
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1969 Bill Toomey Flag of the United States United States
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1970 Randy Matson Flag of the United States United States
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1971 Rod Milburn Flag of the United States United States
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1972 Lasse Virén Flag of Finland Finland
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1973 Ben Jipcho Flag of Kenya Kenya
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1974 Rick Wohlhuter Flag of the United States United States Irena Szewinska Flag of Poland Poland
1975 John Walker Flag of New Zealand New Zealand Faina Melnik Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1976 Alberto Juantorena Flag of Cuba Cuba Tatyana Kazankina Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
1977 Alberto Juantorena Flag of Cuba Cuba Rosemarie Ackermann Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany
1978 Henry Rono Flag of Kenya Kenya Marita Koch Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany
1979 Sebastian Coe Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Marita Koch Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany
1980 Edwin Moses Flag of the United States United States Ilona Briesenick Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany
1981 Sebastian Coe Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Evelyn Ashford Flag of the United States United States
1982 Carl Lewis Flag of the United States United States Marita Koch Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany
1983 Carl Lewis Flag of the United States United States Jarmila Kratochvílová Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
1984 Carl Lewis Flag of the United States United States Evelyn Ashford Flag of the United States United States
1985 Saïd Aouita Flag of Morocco Morocco Marita Koch Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany
1986 Yuriy Syedikh Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union Jackie Joyner-Kersee Flag of the United States United States
1987 Ben Johnson[1] Flag of Canada Canada Jackie Joyner-Kersee Flag of the United States United States
1988 Sergey Bubka Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union Florence Griffith-Joyner Flag of the United States United States
1989 Roger Kingdom Flag of the United States United States Ana Quirot Flag of Cuba Cuba
1990 Michael Johnson Flag of the United States United States Merlene Ottey Flag of Jamaica Jamaica
1991 Sergey Bubka Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union Heike Henkel Flag of Germany Germany
1992 Kevin Young Flag of the United States United States Heike Drechsler Flag of Germany Germany
1993 Noureddine Morceli Flag of Algeria Algeria Wang Junxia Flag of the People's Republic of China China
1994 Noureddine Morceli Flag of Algeria Algeria Jackie Joyner-Kersee Flag of the United States United States
1995 Haile Gebrselassie Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia Sonia O'Sullivan Flag of Ireland Ireland
1996 Michael Johnson Flag of the United States United States Svetlana Masterkova Flag of Russia Russia
1997 Wilson Kipketer Flag of Denmark Denmark Marion Jones Flag of the United States United States
1998 Haile Gebrselassie Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia Marion Jones Flag of the United States United States
1999 Hicham El Guerrouj Flag of Morocco Morocco Gabriela Szabo Flag of Romania Romania
2000 Virgilijus Alekna Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Marion Jones Flag of the United States United States
2001 Hicham El Guerrouj Flag of Morocco Morocco Stacy Dragila Flag of the United States United States
2002 Hicham El Guerrouj Flag of Morocco Morocco Paula Radcliffe Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom
2003 Hicham El Guerrouj Flag of Morocco Morocco Hestrie Cloete Flag of South Africa South Africa
2004 Kenenisa Bekele Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia Yelena Isinbayeva Flag of Russia Russia
2005 Kenenisa Bekele Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia Yelena Isinbayeva Flag of Russia Russia
2006 Asafa Powell Flag of Jamaica Jamaica Sanya Richards Flag of the United States United States
2007 Tyson Gay Flag of the United States United States Meseret Defar Flag of Ethiopia Ethiopia

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Ben Johnson was retroactively banned by the IAAF for admitted drug use; Number 2 in the 1987 voting was Saïd Aouita

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