Track & Field News Athlete of the Year

The Track & Field News Athlete of the Year award is given to track and field athletes by Track & Field News magazine, an American sports magazine. A panel of international track and field experts organized by the magazine selects the winners. The award has been given to men since 1959 and women since 1974.

German sprinter Marita Koch won the award a record four times

Winners
Year Male winner Nationality Female winner Nationality
1959 Martin Lauer West Germany Not awarded
1960 Rafer Johnson United States Not awarded
1961 Ralph Boston United States Not awarded
1962 Peter Snell New Zealand Not awarded
1963 Yang Chuan-KwangTaiwan Taiwan Not awarded
1964 Peter Snell New Zealand Not awarded
1965 Ron Clarke Australia Not awarded
1966 Jim Ryun United States Not awarded
1967 Jim Ryun United States Not awarded
1968 Bob Beamon United States Not awarded
1969 Bill Toomey United States Not awarded
1970 Randy Matson United States Not awarded
1971 Rod Milburn United States Not awarded
1972 Lasse Virén Finland Not awarded
1973 Ben Jipcho Kenya Not awarded
1974 Rick Wohlhuter United States Irena Szewińska Poland
1975 John Walker New Zealand Faina Melnik Soviet Union
1976 Alberto Juantorena Cuba Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union
1977 Alberto Juantorena Cuba Rosemarie Ackermann East Germany
1978 Henry Rono Kenya Marita Koch East Germany
1979 Sebastian Coe United Kingdom Marita Koch East Germany
1980 Edwin Moses United States Ilona Briesenick East Germany
1981 Sebastian Coe United Kingdom Evelyn Ashford United States
1982 Carl Lewis United States Marita Koch East Germany
1983 Carl Lewis United States Jarmila Kratochvílová Czechoslovakia
1984 Carl Lewis United States Evelyn Ashford United States
1985 Saïd Aouita Morocco Marita Koch East Germany
1986 Yuriy Sedykh Soviet Union Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States
1987 Saïd Aouita Morocco Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States
1988 Sergey Bubka Soviet Union Florence Griffith-Joyner United States
1989 Roger Kingdom United States Ana Quirot Cuba
1990 Michael Johnson United States Merlene Ottey Jamaica
1991 Sergey Bubka Soviet Union Heike Henkel Germany
1992 Kevin Young United States Heike Drechsler Germany
1993 Noureddine Morceli Algeria Wang Junxia China
1994 Noureddine Morceli Algeria Jackie Joyner-Kersee United States
1995 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia Sonia O'Sullivan Ireland
1996 Michael Johnson United States Svetlana Masterkova Russia
1997 Wilson Kipketer Denmark Marion Jones United States
1998 Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia Marion Jones United States
1999 Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco Gabriela Szabo Romania
2000 Virgilijus Alekna Lithuania Stacy Dragila United States
2001 Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco Stacy Dragila United States
2002 Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco Paula Radcliffe United Kingdom
2003 Félix Sánchez Dominican Republic Maria Mutola Mozambique
2004 Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia Yelena Isinbayeva Russia
2005 Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia Yelena Isinbayeva Russia
2006 Asafa Powell Jamaica Sanya Richards United States
2007 Tyson Gay United States Meseret Defar Ethiopia
2008 Usain Bolt Jamaica Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia
2009 Usain Bolt Jamaica Sanya Richards United States
2010 David Rudisha Kenya Blanka Vlašić Croatia
2011 David Rudisha Kenya Vivian Cheruiyot Kenya
2012 David Rudisha Kenya Valerie Adams New Zealand
2013 Bohdan Bondarenko Ukraine Valerie Adams New Zealand
2014 Renaud Lavillenie France Anita Włodarczyk Poland
2015 Ashton Eaton United States Genzebe Dibaba Ethiopia
2016 Wayde van Niekerk South Africa Anita Włodarczyk Poland
2017 Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar Anita Włodarczyk Poland
2018 Eliud Kipchoge Kenya Caster Semenya South Africa
2019 Karsten Warholm Norway Dalilah Muhammad United States
2020[1] MVP: Armand Duplantis Sweden MVP: Yulimar Rojas Venezuela
2021 Ryan Crouser United States Elaine Thompson-Herah Jamaica
2022 Armand Duplantis Sweden Sydney McLaughlin United States

References
  1. No voting done due to the COVID-19 pandemic, "MVP" titles were awarded
Winner lists
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