IAAF announces names of candidates for 2014 World Athlete of the Year Award

The IAAF is pleased to announce the names of the 10 men and 10 women who have been shortlisted for the 2014 World Athlete of the Year Award.

The candidates have been selected by an international panel of athletics experts which include representatives from all six continental areas of the IAAF.

An email poll involving the World Athletics Family* begins today, Friday 3 October, and will close on Thursday 16 October, midnight CET.

At the conclusion of the voting process, three male and three female finalists will be selected and announced by the IAAF.

The Council of the International Athletics Foundation will then select the male and female winners, with the announcement taking place live on stage during the 2014 World Athletics Gala on Friday 21 November 2014.

The candidates for the World Athlete of the Year Award are (athletes listed in alphabetical order):

Men

Nigel Amos (BOT)

Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT)

Jairus Kipchoge Birech (KEN)

Bogdan Bondarenko (UKR)

Yohann Diniz (FRA)

Justin Gatlin (USA)

Robert Harting (GER)

Dennis Kipruto Kimetto (KEN)

Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)

LaShawn Merritt (USA)

Women

Valerie Adams (NZL)

Genzebe Dibaba (ETH)

Dawn Harper Nelson (USA)

Caterine Ibarguen (COL)

Francena McCorory (USA)

Sandra Perkovic (CRO)

Dafne Schippers (NED)

Kaliese Spencer (JAM)

Barbora Spotakova (CZE)

Anita Wlodarczyk (POL)

You can view summaries of each athlete's achievements in 2014 here

*World Athletics Family: IAAF & IAF Council members; IAAF national member federations; IAAF Committee & Commission members; IAAF meeting directors; IAAF athlete ambassadors; athletes’ representatives; top athletes; members of the international press; IAAF staff members and the IAAF’s official partners.

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