BAWA Athlete of the Year | |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Presented by | British Athletics Writers' Association (BAWA) |
First awarded | 1963 (Senior) 2013 (Para) |
The BAWA Athlete of the Year is an award presented by the British Athletics Writers' Association (BAWA) to the British athletes voted to have been adjudged to have been best of the year in British athletics.
They are presented each autumn at the Association's annual awards which have been running since 1963.
There are male and female award categories for senior, junior and Paralympic athletes. The most frequent winner of the main award is Mo Farah.
Winners
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Senior Awards[edit]The awards began in 1963. In 2011, the senior awards were renamed in honour of two highly esteemed BAWA members, the John Rodda Award for men and the Cliff Temple Award for women.
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Junior Awards[edit]In 2011, the junior athlete awards were also renamed to the Jim Coote Memorial Award for junior men and the Lilian Board Memorial Award for junior women.
Para Awards[edit]The Paralympic Athlete of the Year categories were introduced by British Athletics Writers in 2013, following the success of the 2012 Paralympic Games in London.
Other Awards[edit]The Ron Pickering Award is awarded for services to athletics. Introduced in 2011, the BAWA Inspiration Award is given in recognition of an athlete who made an outstanding performance in a single event, performed well against the odds, or is retiring after a long and distinguished career.
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Notes
[edit]- ^ The 4 x 100 metres relay quartet of Jason Gardener, Darren Campbell, Marlon Devonish and Mark Lewis-Francis that won Olympic Gold in 2004 were declared joint winners.
- ^ There was no British Athletics Writers' Award in 2012, but David Weir won the Outstanding Achievement Award by a Paralympic Athlete, a category introduced by British Athletics Writers to mark the success of the 2012 Paralympic Games.
- ^ Both Christine Ohuruogu and David Weir were declared joint winners in 2008, after Christine Ohuruogu won Olympic Gold in the 400 metres in 2008 and David Weir won four Paralympic medals including two Gold in 2008.
References
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- ^ "FARAH, LYNE NAMED BRITISH ATHLETES OF THE YEAR". IAAF. 15 October 2006. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Ohuruogu and Devonish take track plaudits". SJA. 27 October 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Ohuruogu named GB Athlete of Year". BBC. 27 October 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "BAWA Announces the Athletes of the Year 2007". Digital News Agency. 27 October 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Idowu and Ohuruogu named athletes of the year". SJA. 25 October 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "BRITISH ATHLETICS WRITERS AWARDS". UKA. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "IDOWU AND OHURUOGU NAMED UK ATHLETES OF THE YEAR". IAAF. 26 October 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Matthews joins Ennis and Idowu among the winners". SJA. 15 November 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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- ^ "Farah and Ennis are BAWA Athletes of 2010". SJA. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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- ^ "Farah and Ennis win the Athletics Writers' vote". SJA. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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- ^ "FARAH AND ENNIS VOTED BRITISH ATHLETES OF THE YEAR". UKA. 26 October 2012. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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- ^ "Ohuruogu and Farah take BAWA's 2013 prizes". SJA. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Athletics writers pick Farah and Ohuruogu as top athletes in 2013". Athletics Weekly. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Mo Farah and Christine Ohuruogu named best Brit athletes of 2013". London 24. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "BAWA Winners 2014". BAWA. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Photographer honoured alongside athletes by BAWA". SJA. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Jo Pavey and Greg Rutherford are BAWA athletes of the year". Athletics Weekly. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Ennis-Hill, Rutherford head 2015 honours". BAWA. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Greg Rutherford and Jessica Ennis-Hill win BAWA awards". Athletics Weekly. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- ^ "Ennis-Hill, Farah are hits for six". BAWA. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Farah in seventh heaven". BAWA. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ "World Winner KJT Heads 2019 Athletics Honours". British Athletics Writers Association. November 22, 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "REEKIE AND WIGHTMAN AMONG WINNERS OF THE 2020 BRITISH ATHLETICS WRITERS ASSOCIATION AWARDS". Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ "BAWA awards go to Keely Hodgkinson and Josh Kerr". 9 December 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Asher-Smith and Hughes named BAWA Athletes of the Year". British Athletics Writers Association. November 23, 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Awards lunch at Roux lapped up by athletics writers". SJA. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2015.