United Press International Athlete of the Year Award

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The United Press International Athlete of the Year Award was conferred annually between 1974 and 1995 one each to the individuals adjudged, without restriction to nationality or sport contested, to be the male and female athlete of the year by a panel of sportswriters and editors constituted under the auspices of the United Press International[1].

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[edit] Male winners

Year Athlete Nation represented Sport
1974 Muhammad Ali Flag of the United States United States Boxing
1975 João Carlos de Oliveira Flag of Brazil Brazil Athletics
1976 Alberto Juantorena Flag of Cuba Cuba Athletics
1977 Alberto Juantorena Flag of Cuba Cuba Athletics
1978 Henry Rono Flag of Kenya Kenya Athletics
1979 Sebastian Coe Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Athletics
1980 Eric Heiden Flag of the United States United States Speed skating
1981 Sebastian Coe Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Athletics
1982 Daley Thompson Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Athletics
1983 Carl Lewis Flag of the United States United States Athletics
1984 Carl Lewis Flag of the United States United States Athletics
1985 Steve Cram Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Athletics
1986 Diego Maradona Flag of Argentina Argentina Football
1987 Ben Johnson Flag of Canada Canada Athletics
1988 Matt Biondi Flag of the United States United States Swimming
1989 Boris Becker Flag of West Germany West Germany Tennis
1990 Stefan Edberg Flag of Sweden Sweden Tennis
1991 Sergei Bubka Flag of the Soviet Union USSR Athletics
1992 Kevin Young Flag of the United States United States Athletics
1993 Miguel Indurain Flag of Spain Spain Road cycling
1994 Johann Olav Koss Flag of Norway Norway Speed skating
1995 Jonathan Edwards Flag of the United Kingdom United Kingdom Athletics

[edit] Female winners

Year Athlete Nation represented Sport
1974 Irena Szewińska Flag of Poland Poland Athletics
1975 Nadia Comaneci Flag of Romania Romania Artistic gymnastics
1976 Nadia Comaneci Flag of Romania Romania Artistic gymnastics
1977 Rosemarie Ackermann Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany Athletics
1978 Tracy Caulkins Flag of the United States United States Swimming
1979 Marita Koch Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany Athletics
1980 Hanni Wenzel Flag of Liechtenstein Liechtenstein Alpine skiing
1981 Chris Evert Lloyd Flag of the United States United States Tennis
1982 Marita Koch Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany Athletics
1983 Jarmila Kratochvílová Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Athletics
1984 Martina Navratilova Flag of the United States United States Tennis
1985 Mary Decker Slaney Flag of the United States United States Athletics
1986 Heike Drechsler Flag of the German Democratic Republic East Germany Athletics
1987 Steffi Graf Flag of West Germany West Germany Tennis
1988 Florence Griffith-Joyner Flag of the United States United States Athletics
1989 Steffi Graf Flag of West Germany West Germany Tennis
1990 Merlene Ottey Flag of Jamaica Jamaica Athletics
1991 Monica Seles Flag of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia Tennis
1992 Monica Seles Flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia Tennis
1993 Wang Junxia Flag of the People's Republic of China China Athletics
1994 Jingyi Le Flag of the People's Republic of China China Swimming
1995 Gwen Torrence Flag of the United States United States Athletics

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  1. ^ In 1974 and 1975, the voting panel comprised sportswriters and editors exclusively from Europe.

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