Athlete of the Year (Germany)
The Track and Field Athlete of the Year award is given once a year to a female and male athlete who have achieved particular success in the past year.
The elections for the athletes of the year are carried out by the German Athletics Association . The users of Leichtathletik.de and the readers of the specialist magazine Leichtathletik as well as the magazine Leichtathletik Informations of the Friends of Athletics e. V.
Women
year | discipline | Successes in the award year | |
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2019 | Long jump | Gold at the World Championships in Doha | |
2018 | 100 meter run | Silver at the European Championships in Berlin, bronze with the relay | |
2017 2016 2015 |
3000 meter obstacle course | German record over 3000 meters obstacle; 9th place at the World Championships in London Gold at the European Championships in Amsterdam; 6th place at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, bronze at the World Championships in Beijing |
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2014 | 3000 meter obstacle course | Gold at the European Championships in Zurich | |
2013 | Javelin throw | Gold at the World Championships in Moscow | |
2012 | Heptathlon | Silver at the Olympic Games in London | |
2011 | Hammer throw | Silver at the World Championships in Daegu; Improvement of the world record | |
2010 | 100 meter run | Gold at the European Championships in Helsinki | |
2009 | Javelin throw | Gold at the World Championships in Berlin | |
2008 | Marathon run | Victories at the London Marathon and the Berlin Marathon , each with a German record; Winner of the World Marathon Majors and first on the annual world best list in the marathon | |
2007 | Discus throw | Gold at the World Championships in Osaka and thus the third world championship title | |
2006 | Marathon run | Gold at the European Championships in Gothenburg, making it the first German European champion over the marathon distance | |
2005 | Discus throw | Gold at the World Championships in Helsinki | |
2004 | Javelin throw | Silver at the Olympic Games in Athens | |
2003 | Pole vault | Second place at the World Championships in Paris | |
2002 2001 |
400 meter run | Gold with the relay at the 2002 European Championships in Munich, silver with the relay at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton |
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2000 | Long jump | Gold at the Olympic Games in Sydney | |
1999 | Shot put | Gold at the World Championships in Seville; Grand Prix overall winner | |
1998 | Long jump | Gold at the European Championships in Budapest, so she won a gold medal at all European Athletics Championships from 1986 to 1998 | |
1997 1996 1995 |
Shot put | Gold at the 1997 World Championships in Athens Gold at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta Gold at the 1995 World Championships in Gothenburg In the years 1995–1996 Astrid Kumbernuss won 51 competitions in a row. |
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1994 1993 |
Long jump | Gold at the 1994 European Championships in Helsinki Gold at the 1993 World Championships in Stuttgart |
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1992 1991 |
high jump | Gold at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona Gold at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo; Grand Prix overall winner |
Men
year | discipline | Successes in the award year | |
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2019 | Decathlon | Gold at the World Championships in Doha | |
2018 | Decathlon | Gold at the European Championships in Berlin | |
2017 | Javelin throw | Gold at the World Championships in London | |
2016 | Javelin throw | Gold at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro | |
2015 | Long distance running | German records in the marathon and over 5000 meters (hall) | |
2014 | Discus throw | Gold at the European Championships in Zurich | |
2013 | Pole vault | Gold at the World Championships in Moscow | |
2012 | Discus throw | Gold at the Olympic Games in London | |
2011 | Shot put | Gold at the World Championships in Daegu | |
2010 | Long jump | Gold at the European Championships in Barcelona | |
2009 | Discus throw | Gold at the World Championships in Berlin | |
2008 | Pole vault | Gold at the Junior World Championships in Bydgoszcz Junior world record 8th place at the Olympic Games in Beijing |
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2007 | Pole vault | Gold at the European Indoor Championships in Birmingham Bronze at the World Championships in Osaka |
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2006 | 10,000 meter run | Gold at the European Championships | |
2005 2004 |
200 meter run | Tenth place in the world rankings in 2005 and thus best white 200-meter runner gold at the 2005 European Indoor Championships in Madrid 7th place at the 2005 World Championships in Helsinki 7th place at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens Bronze at the 2004 World Indoor Championships in Budapest |
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2003 | Go | Bronze with a German record at the World Championships in Paris / Saint-Denis | |
2002 | 400 meter run | Gold at the European Championships in Munich (only German gold in the individual competitions) |
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2001 | Discus throw | Gold at the World Championships in Edmonton | |
2000 | 800 meter run | Gold at the Olympic Games in Sydney Silver at the European Indoor Championships in Ghent |
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1999 | Triple jump | Gold at the World Championships in Seville Gold at the Indoor World Championships in Maebashi (Japan) |
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1998 | 800 meter run | Gold at the European Championships in Budapest Gold at the European Indoor Championships in Valencia World Cup winner |
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1997 | Discus throw | Gold at the World Championships in Athens | |
1996 | Decathlon | Silver at the Olympic Games in Atlanta | |
1995 | Discus throw | Gold at the World Championships in Gothenburg | |
1994 | 5000 meter run | Gold at the European Championships in Helsinki | |
1993 | Decathlon | Bronze at the World Championships in Stuttgart | |
1992 | 5000 meter run | Gold at the Olympic Games in Barcelona | |
1991 | Long jump | Gold at the World Indoor Championships in Seville |
Youth athletes
Female youth
- 2019: Sarah Vogel , pole vault
- 2018: Leni Freyja Wildgrube , pole vault
- 2017: Julia Ritter , shot put a . Discus throw
- 2016: Konstanze Klosterhalfen , Mittel- u. Long distance running
- 2015: Alina Reh , long distance run
- 2014: Alina Reh, long-distance run
- 2013: Malaika Mihambo , long jump
- 2012: Anna Rüh , discus throw a . Shot put
- 2011: Gesa Felicitas Krause , 3000 meter obstacle course
- 2010: Sara Gambetta , heptathlon
Male youth
- 2019: Elias Schreml , long-distance running
- 2018: Bo Kanda Lita Baehre , pole vault
- 2017: Niklas Kaul , decathlon
- 2016: Niklas Kaul, decathlon
- 2015: Niklas Kaul, decathlon
- 2014: Tim Nowak , decathlon
- 2013: Tim Nowak, decathlon
- 2012: Falk Wendrich , high jump
- 2011: Gregor Traber , 110-meter hurdles
- 2010: Till Wöschler , javelin throw
From 1987 to 2009 the youth prizes were awarded as the Maria Jeibmann Prize and the Tischi Martens Prize by the Friends of Athletics .