BAWA Athlete of the Year

BAWA Athlete of the Year
BAWA Athlete of the Year
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[edit]

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.

Year	Men^[1]^[2]	Women^[1]^[2]	Ref
1963	Maurice Herriott	Dorothy Hyman
1964	Lynn Davies	Mary Rand
1965	Maurice Herriott	Anne Smith
1966	Lynn Davies	Pam Piercy
1967	Lynn Davies	Lillian Board
1968	David Hemery	Sheila Sherwood
1969	Ian Stewart	Lillian Board
1970	Ian Stewart	Rosemary Stirling
1971	David Bedford	Barbara Inkpen
1972	David Hemery	Mary Peters
1973	Brendan Foster	Verona Bernard
1974	Ian Thompson	Joyce Smith
1975	Alan Pascoe	Andrea Lynch
1976	Brendan Foster	Sonia Lannaman
1977	Steve Ovett	Tessa Sanderson
1978	Daley Thompson	Tessa Sanderson
1979	Sebastian Coe	Christine Benning
1980	Steve Ovett	Kathy Smallwood
1981	Sebastian Coe	Kathy Smallwood
1982	Daley Thompson	Kathy Smallwood
1983	Steve Cram	Fatima Whitbread
1984	Sebastian Coe	Tessa Sanderson
1985	Steve Cram	Zola Budd
1986	Roger Black	Fatima Whitbread
1987	Jon Ridgeon	Fatima Whitbread
1988	Linford Christie	Liz McColgan
1989	Steve Backley	Yvonne Murray
1990	Steve Backley	Yvonne Murray
1991	Kriss Akabusi	Liz McColgan
1992	Linford Christie	Sally Gunnell
1993	Colin Jackson	Sally Gunnell
1994	Linford Christie	Sally Gunnell
1995	Jonathan Edwards	Kelly Holmes
1996	Roger Black	Denise Lewis
1997	Iwan Thomas	Denise Lewis
1998	Iwan Thomas	Denise Lewis
1999	Colin Jackson	Paula Radcliffe
2000	Jonathan Edwards	Denise Lewis
2001	Jonathan Edwards	Paula Radcliffe
2002	Dwain Chambers	Paula Radcliffe
2003	Darren Campbell	Paula Radcliffe
2004	Olympic 4 × 100 m team^{[note 1]}	Kelly Holmes
2005	Jason Gardener	Paula Radcliffe	^[3]
2006	Mo Farah	Rebecca Lyne	^[4]^[5]
2007	Marlon Devonish	Christine Ohuruogu	^[6]^[7]^[8]
2008	Phillips Idowu	Christine Ohuruogu	^[9]^[10]^[11]
2009	Phillips Idowu	Jessica Ennis	^[12]^[13]^[14]
2010	Mo Farah	Jessica Ennis	^[15]^[16]^[17]
2011	Mo Farah	Jessica Ennis	^[18]^[19]^[20]
2012	Mo Farah	Jessica Ennis	^[21]^[22]^[23]
2013	Mo Farah	Christine Ohuruogu	^[24]^[25]^[26]
2014	Greg Rutherford	Jo Pavey	^[27]^[28]^[29]
2015	Greg Rutherford	Jessica Ennis-Hill	^[30]^[31]
2016	Mo Farah	Jessica Ennis-Hill	^[32]
2017	Mo Farah	Laura Muir	^[33]
2018	Zharnel Hughes	Dina Asher-Smith
2019	Adam Gemili	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	^[34]
2020	Jake Wightman	Jemma Reekie	^[35]
2021	Josh Kerr	Keely Hodgkinson	^[36]

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.

Year	Men	Women
2005	Harry Aikines-Aryeetey	Emily Pidgeon
2006	Harry Aikines-Aryeetey	Sian Edwards
2007	Alexander Nelson	Asha Philip
2008	David Forrester	Stephanie Twell
2009	Lawrence Clarke	Jodie Williams
2010	Jack Meredith	Jodie Williams
2011	Adam Cotton	Jodie Williams
2012	Adam Gemili	Katarina Johnson-Thompson
2013	Zak Seddon	Jessica Judd
2014	David Omoregie	Dina Asher-Smith
2015	Kyle Langford	Morgan Lake
2016	Callum Wilkinson	Morgan Lake
2017	Tom Gale	Alicia Barrett
2018	Jake Norris	Niamh Emerson	^[37]
2019	Max Burgin	Amy Hunt

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.

Year	Men	Women
2012	David Weir^{[note 2]}
2013	Richard Whitehead	Hannah Cockroft
2014	Dan Greaves	Hannah Cockroft
2015	Aled Davies	Hannah Cockroft
2016	Jonnie Peacock	Libby Clegg
2017	Jonnie Peacock	Samantha Kinghorn
2018	Thomas Young	Sophie Hahn and Kare Adenegan	^[37]
2019	Thomas Young	Sophie Hahn

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.

Year	Category	Winner
2005	Best Performance	Harry Aikines-Aryeetey
2006	Best Performance	David Weir
2006	Ron Pickering Memorial Award	David Moorcroft
2007	Best Performance	Christine Ohuruogu
2007	Ron Pickering Memorial Award	Martin Webster
2008	Best Performance	Christine Ohuruogu David Weir^{[note 3]}
2008	Ron Pickering Memorial Award	George Gandy
2009	Best Performance	Jessica Ennis
2009	Ron Pickering Memorial Award	Peter Matthews
2010	Ron Pickering Memorial Award	Mike Heath^[38]
2011	BAWA Inspiration Award	Helen Clitheroe
2011	Ron Pickering Memorial Award	David Bedford
2012	BAWA Inspiration Award	Yamile Aldama
2012	Ron Pickering Memorial Award	Mel Watman
2013	BAWA Inspiration Award	Asha Philip
2013	Ron Pickering Memorial Award	Lloyd Cowan
2014	BAWA Inspiration Award	Goldie Sayers
2014	Ron Pickering Memorial Award	Mark Shearman
2015	BAWA Inspiration Award	Stephanie Twell
2015	Ron Pickering Memorial Award	Stuart Storey
2016	BAWA Inspiration Award	Vikki Orvice
2016	Ron Pickering Memorial Award	Stan Greenberg
2017	BAWA Inspiration Award	Perri Shakes-Drayton
2017	Ron Pickering Memorial Award	Dame Mary Peters
2018	BAWA Inspiration Award	Anthony Whiteman
2018	Ron Pickering Memorial Award	Paul Dickenson
2019	Vikki Orvice Inspiration Award	James Ellington
2019	Ron Pickering Memorial Award	Peter Stanley

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[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Awards". BAWA. October 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b "British Athletics Writers' Association". SJA. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ "Radcliffe/Gardener scoop awards". BBC. 22 September 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ "BRITISH ATHLETICS WRITERS ASSOCIATION AWARDS 2006". UKA. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ "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.
^ "BRITISH ATHLETICS WRITERS AWARD". UKA. 15 November 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Ennis and Idowu named British athletes of the year". COC. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ "Farah and Ennis are BAWA Athletes of 2010". SJA. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ "BAWA ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARD". UKA. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Writers pick Farah and Ennis as top athletes". Athletics Weekly. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ "Farah and Ennis win the Athletics Writers' vote". SJA. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ "FARAH AND ENNIS VOTED BRITISH ATHLETES OF THE YEAR". UKA. 28 October 2011. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ "Farah and Ennis voted British athletes of the year". Athletics Weekly. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ "Ennis and Farah acclaimed by Athletics Writers". SJA. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ "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.
^ "Farah and Ennis are record-breaking BAWA Athletes of the Year". Inside The Games. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
^ "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.

[3] 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.

[39] 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.

[40] 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.

[BAWA-1] "Awards". BAWA. October 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[SJA-2] "British Athletics Writers' Association". SJA. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[4] "Radcliffe/Gardener scoop awards". BBC. 22 September 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[5] "BRITISH ATHLETICS WRITERS ASSOCIATION AWARDS 2006". UKA. Archived from the original on 23 January 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[6] "FARAH, LYNE NAMED BRITISH ATHLETES OF THE YEAR". IAAF. 15 October 2006. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[7] "Ohuruogu and Devonish take track plaudits". SJA. 27 October 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[8] "Ohuruogu named GB Athlete of Year". BBC. 27 October 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[9] "BAWA Announces the Athletes of the Year 2007". Digital News Agency. 27 October 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[10] "Idowu and Ohuruogu named athletes of the year". SJA. 25 October 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[11] "BRITISH ATHLETICS WRITERS AWARDS". UKA. 27 October 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

[12] "IDOWU AND OHURUOGU NAMED UK ATHLETES OF THE YEAR". IAAF. 26 October 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[13] "Matthews joins Ennis and Idowu among the winners". SJA. 15 November 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[14] "BRITISH ATHLETICS WRITERS AWARD". UKA. 15 November 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

[15] "Ennis and Idowu named British athletes of the year". COC. 16 November 2009. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[16] "Farah and Ennis are BAWA Athletes of 2010". SJA. 3 December 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[17] "BAWA ATHLETE OF THE YEAR AWARD". UKA. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}

[18] "Writers pick Farah and Ennis as top athletes". Athletics Weekly. 2 December 2010. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[19] "Farah and Ennis win the Athletics Writers' vote". SJA. 29 October 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[20] "FARAH AND ENNIS VOTED BRITISH ATHLETES OF THE YEAR". UKA. 28 October 2011. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[21] "Farah and Ennis voted British athletes of the year". Athletics Weekly. 28 October 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[22] "Ennis and Farah acclaimed by Athletics Writers". SJA. 27 October 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[23] "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.

[24] "Farah and Ennis are record-breaking BAWA Athletes of the Year". Inside The Games. 25 October 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[25] "Ohuruogu and Farah take BAWA's 2013 prizes". SJA. 23 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[26] "Athletics writers pick Farah and Ohuruogu as top athletes in 2013". Athletics Weekly. 22 November 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[27] "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.

[28] "BAWA Winners 2014". BAWA. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[29] "Photographer honoured alongside athletes by BAWA". SJA. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[30] "Jo Pavey and Greg Rutherford are BAWA athletes of the year". Athletics Weekly. 21 November 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[31] "Ennis-Hill, Rutherford head 2015 honours". BAWA. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[32] "Greg Rutherford and Jessica Ennis-Hill win BAWA awards". Athletics Weekly. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

[33] "Ennis-Hill, Farah are hits for six". BAWA. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2016.

[34] "Farah in seventh heaven". BAWA. 17 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2017.

[35] "World Winner KJT Heads 2019 Athletics Honours". British Athletics Writers Association. November 22, 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

[36] "REEKIE AND WIGHTMAN AMONG WINNERS OF THE 2020 BRITISH ATHLETICS WRITERS ASSOCIATION AWARDS". Retrieved 6 January 2022.

[37] "BAWA awards go to Keely Hodgkinson and Josh Kerr". 9 December 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2022.

[2018awards-38] "Asher-Smith and Hughes named BAWA Athletes of the Year". British Athletics Writers Association. November 23, 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

[41] "Awards lunch at Roux lapped up by athletics writers". SJA. 17 January 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2015.

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