IAAF World Athlete of the Year

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The IAAF Athlete of the Year award is a prize that can be won by athletes participating in track and field competitions organised by the International Athletic Foundation of the IAAF.

[edit] Winners

Year	Men	Women
1988	Carl Lewis	Florence Griffith-Joyner
1989	Roger Kingdom	Ana Fidelia Quirot
1990	Steve Backley	Merlene Ottey
1991	Carl Lewis	Katrin Krabbe
1992	Kevin Young	Heike Henkel
1993	Colin Jackson	Sally Gunnell
1994	Noureddine Morceli	Jackie Joyner-Kersee
1995	Jonathan Edwards	Gwen Torrence
1996	Michael Johnson	Svetlana Masterkova
1997	Wilson Kipketer	Marion Jones
1998	Haile Gebrselassie	Marion Jones
1999	Michael Johnson	Gabriela Szabo
2000	Jan Železný	Marion Jones (Annulled)
2001	Hicham El Guerrouj	Stacy Dragila
2002	Hicham El Guerrouj	Paula Radcliffe
2003	Hicham El Guerrouj	Hestrie Cloete
2004	Kenenisa Bekele	Yelena Isinbayeva
2005	Kenenisa Bekele	Yelena Isinbayeva
2006	Asafa Powell	Sanya Richards
2007	Tyson Gay	Meseret Defar
2008	Usain Bolt	Yelena Isinbayeva

[edit] See also

• European Athlete of the Year Award
• Track & Field Athlete of the Year

[edit] External links

• The International Athletic Foundation At a Glance - Website of the IAAF