Athlete of the Year is an award given by various sports organizations for the athlete whom they have determined to be deserving of such recognition.

Definition of "athlete"

Similar names for the award

The awards have various titles, examples include "Player of the Year" and "Sportspersonality of the Year". In the United States, several states choose a simple "Mr." or "Miss" prefix, such as Mr. Basketball (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, North Dakota, Utah, and Wisconsin). Such awards — general and one-sport-only — are common at the high-school, college (university), and professional levels in the United States.

List of athlete of the year awards

Athletics (track and field)

All sports

Worldwide

Awards with deliberate global scope, consistently nominating an international mix of athletes

Continental
Regional
Nationwide

Awards that focus (either predominantly or exclusively) on sportspersons from the host country

 Algeria

 Argentina

 Australia

 Austria

 Belgium

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

 Brazil

 Bulgaria

 Canada

 Croatia

 Czech Republic

 Denmark

 Estonia

 Finland

 France

 Germany

 Greece

 Hungary

 Iceland

 India

 Iran

 Ireland

 Italy

 Jamaica

 Japan

 Kenya

 Latvia

 Lithuania

 Luxembourg

 Malaysia

 Moldova

 Montenegro

 Netherlands

 New Zealand

 Norway

 Philippines

 Poland

 Portugal

 Serbia

 Slovakia

 Slovenia

 South Africa

 Spain

 Sweden

  Switzerland

 Ukraine

 United Kingdom

 United States
The presence of "Sportsman" in the name doesn't imply that the award is open solely to men; women have frequently won these awards.

 Vanuatu

Defunct

 Czechoslovakia

 Soviet Union

 Yugoslavia

One sport (other than track and field)

See also

Footnotes

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.