World Athlete of the Year

The World Athlete of the Year award is a prize that can be won by athletes participating in events within the sport of athletics organised by World Athletics (formerly named IAAF), including track and field, cross country running, road running, and racewalking.

Sally Pearson and Usain Bolt, athletes of the year in 2011, with their own awards.
Hicham El Guerrouj has won the World Athlete of the Year Awards three times in 2001 and 2002 and 2003.

Winners
Year Men Women
1988 Carl Lewis Florence Griffith Joyner
1989 Roger Kingdom Ana Fidelia Quirot
1990 Steve Backley Merlene Ottey
1991 Carl Lewis (2) Katrin Krabbe
1992 Kevin Young Heike Henkel
1993 Colin Jackson Sally Gunnell
1994 Noureddine Morceli Jackie Joyner-Kersee
1995 Jonathan Edwards Gwen Torrence
1996 Michael Johnson Svetlana Masterkova
1997 Wilson Kipketer Marion Jones
1998 Haile Gebrselassie Marion Jones (2)
1999 Michael Johnson (2) Gabriela Szabo
2000 Jan Železný Marion Jones
2001 Hicham El Guerrouj Stacy Dragila
2002 Hicham El Guerrouj (2) Paula Radcliffe
2003 Hicham El Guerrouj (3) Hestrie Cloete
2004 Kenenisa Bekele Yelena Isinbayeva
2005 Kenenisa Bekele (2) Yelena Isinbayeva (2)
2006 Asafa Powell Sanya Richards
2007 Tyson Gay Meseret Defar
2008 Usain Bolt Yelena Isinbayeva (3)
2009 Usain Bolt (2) Sanya Richards (2)
2010 David Rudisha Blanka Vlašić
2011 Usain Bolt (3) Sally Pearson
2012 Usain Bolt (4) Allyson Felix
2013 Usain Bolt (5) Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce
2014 Renaud Lavillenie Valerie Adams
2015 Ashton Eaton Genzebe Dibaba
2016 Usain Bolt (6) Almaz Ayana
2017 Mutaz Essa Barshim Nafissatou Thiam
2018 Eliud Kipchoge Caterine Ibargüen
2019 Eliud Kipchoge (2) Dalilah Muhammad
2020 Armand Duplantis Yulimar Rojas
2021 Karsten Warholm Elaine Thompson-Herah

Rising Star winners
Men
Women

References
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