All-time World Athlete of the Year Awards: Complete list of men's, women's winners since 1988..
World Athlete of the Year Awards Winners List: The World Athlete of the Year award were handed out at the World Athletics Gala 2024 in Monte Carlo on 1 December.
Olympic champions Sifan Hassan and Letsile Tebogo have been announced as World Athletes of the Year at the World Athletics Awards 2024 in Monaco.
The award was inaugurated in 1988 and goes to the best male and female track and field athletes of that calendar year.
Usain Bolt has collected the prize a record six times with Hicham El Guerrouj and Yelena Isinbaeva next on three apiece.
Two-time winners include Carl Lewis, Michael Johnson, Sanya Richards, Kenenisa Bekele, Eliud Kipchoge and Mondo Duplantis.
In 2005, World Athletics introduced the Rising Star of the Year award for the best under-20 athlete. Nafissatou Thiam took the prize before being named World Athlete of the Year 12 months later.
Erriyon Knighton is the only athlete to win two Rising Star awards.
Every Winner of the World Athlete of the Year awards, History, 1988-2024
Year Men Women
1988 Carl Lewis (USA) Florence Griffith Joyner (USA)
1989 Roger Kingdom (USA) Ana Fidelia Quirot (CUB)
1990 Steve Backley (GBR) Merlene Ottey (JAM)
1991 Carl Lewis (USA) Katrin Krabbe (GER)
1992 Kevin Young (USA) Heike Henkel (GER)
1993 Colin Jackson (GBR) Sally Gunnell (GBR)
1994 Noureddine Morceli (ALG) Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)
1995 Jonathan Edwards (GBR) Gwen Torrence (USA)
1996 Michael Johnson (USA) Svetlana Masterkova (RUS)
1997 Wilson Kipketer (DEN) Marion Jones (USA)
1998 Haile Gebrselassie (ETH) Marion Jones (USA)
1999 Michael Johnson (USA) Gabriela Szabo (ROU)
2000 Jan Zelezny (CZE) *Marion Jones (USA)
2001 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Stacy Dragila (USA)
2002 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Paula Radcliffe (GBR)
2003 Hicham El Guerrouj (MAR) Hestrie Cloete (RSA)
2004 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) Yelena Isinbaeva (RUS)
2005 Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) Yelena Isinbaeva (RUS)
2006 Asafa Powell (JAM) Sanya Richards (USA)
2007 Tyson Gay (USA) Meseret Defar (ETH)
2008 Usain Bolt (JAM) Yelena Isinbaeva (RUS)
2009 Usain Bolt (JAM) Sanya Richards (USA)
2010 David Rudisha (KEN) Blanka Vlasic (CRO)
2011 Usain Bolt (JAM) Sally Pearson (AUS)
2012 Usain Bolt (JAM) Allyson Felix (USA)
2013 Usain Bolt (JAM) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)
2014 Renaud Lavillenie (FRA) Valerie Adams (NZL)
2015 Ashton Eaton (USA) Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)
2016 Usain Bolt (JAM) Almaz Ayana (ETH)
2017 Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) Nafissatou Thiam (BEL)
2018 Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) Caterine Ibarguen (COL)
2019 Eliud Kipchoge (KEN) Dalilah Muhammad (USA)
2020 Mondo Duplantis (SWE) Yulimar Rojas (VEN)
2021 Karsten Warholm (NOR) Elaine Thompson-Herah (JAM)
2022 Mondo Duplantis (SWE) Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA)
2023 Noah Lyles (USA) Faith Kipyegon (KEN)
2024 Letsile Tebogo (BOT) Sifan Hassan (NED)
2025 ABC ( ) XYZ ( )
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