USOC Athlete of the Year

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Michael Phelps , swimmer and four-time award winner (2004, 2008, 2011/12, 2016)
Katie Ledecky , swimmer and three-time award winner (2012/13, 2016, 2017)
Lindsey Vonn , ski racer and two-time award winner (2009, 2010)

Katie Hoff Olympic Games 2008.jpg

Katie Hoff , swimmer and two-time award winner (2005, 2007)

The USOC Athlete of the Year is an annual award in the United States for exceptional performance in the field of sports.

organization

The United States Olympic Committee (USOC), the National Olympic Committee of the United States, has presented several awards annually since 1974 for the best male, female and disabled athletes from the USOC member organizations.

The best teams have been honored since 1996.

Award winners

The swimmer Michael Phelps received an award for the fourth time in 2016. The swimmer Katie Ledecky received the award for the third time in 2017. In 2010, ski racer Lindsey Vonn was named Sportswoman of the Year for the second time in a row. The swimmer Katie Hoff was named "Athlete of the Year" in 2005 and 2007.

The cyclist Lance Armstrong received four awards between 1999 and 2003. After he was stripped of all titles won after August 1, 1998 by the US anti-doping agency, he confessed to doping abuse in 2013.

year athlete sportswoman team
2017 Kyle Snyder , wrestling Katie Ledecky -3- , swimming
2016 Michael Phelps -4- , swimming Katie Ledecky -2- , swimming
2014/15 Jordan Burroughs , wrestling Simone Biles , gymnastics
2012/13 Ted Ligety , alpine skiing Katie Ledecky , swimming Men's Tennis Doubles Team ( Bob Bryan , Mike Bryan ), tennis
2011/12 Michael Phelps , swimming -3- Allyson Felix Women's Eight Rowing Team, rowing
2010 Evan Lysacek , figure skating Lindsey Vonn , Alpine skiing -2- US four-man bobsleigh team ( Steven Holcomb , Steve Mesler , Justin Olsen, Curtis Tomasevicz ) -2-
2009 Todd Lodwick , Nordic Combined Lindsey Vonn , alpine skiing US four-man bobsleigh team ( Steven Holcomb , Steve Mesler , Justin Olsen, Curtis Tomasevicz )
2008 Michael Phelps , swimming -2- Natalie Coughlin , swimming and Nastia Liukin , Gymnastics US Olympic Men's Indoor Volleyball Team
2007 Tyson Gay , athletics Katie Hoff , swimming -2- US Women's World Championships Gymnastics
2006 Joey Cheek , speed skating Hannah Teter , snowboard US Olympic Men's Curling Team , curling
2005 Hunter Kemper , triathlon Katie Hoff , swimming Men's Badminton Doubles Team ( Howard Bach , Tony Gunawan )
2004 Michael Phelps , swimming Carly Patterson , athletics US Olympic Softball Team
2003 Lance Armstrong , cycling -4- Michelle Kwan , figure skating Women's Gymnastics Team
2002 Lance Armstrong , cycling -3- Sarah Hughes , figure skating Women's Bobsled Team ( Jill Bakken and Vonetta Flowers ), bobsleigh
2001 Lance Armstrong , cycling -2- Jennifer Capriati , tennis US Postal Service Cycling Team , cycling
2000 Rulon Gardner , wrestling Marion Jones , athletics USA Baseball Olympic Team
1999 Lance Armstrong , cycling Jenny Thompson , swimming Women's National Soccer Team, soccer
1998 Jonny Moseley , freestyle skiing Picabo Street , alpine skiing Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Team
1984 Edwin Moses , athletics Tracy Caulkins , swimming
1976 John Naber , swimming Sheila Young , speed skating
1975 Clinton Jackson , boxing Kathy Heddy , swimming
1974 Jim Bolding , athletics Shirley Babashoff , swimming

From 2004 to 2012, prizes were also awarded in the disabled category.
From 2004 to 2008 these were grouped together in one category and then split up according to athlete.

year Disabled sports Disabled athletes Disabled athlete Disabled sports team
2010 Taylor Chace Alana Nichols, alpine skiing US Paralympic sled hockey team
2009 Steve Cash Stephani Victor, alpine skiing US National Sled Hockey Team
2005 Laurie Stephens, alpine skiing
2004 Erin Popovich, swimming

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lindsey Vonn Named USOC Athlete of the Year (January 25, 2011)