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Usain Bolt of Jamaica displays his IAAF World Athlete of the Year trophy ahead of the annual global awards ceremony in Monaco yesterday.
Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia, women's pole vault champion, displays her IAAF World Athlete of the Year trophy ahead of the annual global awards ceremony in Monaco yesterday.
Liu Xiang
Bolt picks up male athlete award
Created: 2008-11-24 17:08:49
THE International Association of Athletics Federations announced a series of awards for the year 2008 today during the celebration of the World Athletics Gala in Monte Carlo.
Following are the list of winners.
Male World Athlete of the Year: Usain Bolt, Jamaica
Female World Athlete of the Year: Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia
Male Performance of the Year: Dayron Robles, Cuba
Note: Liu Xiang will collect his Performance of the Year Trophy for 2006 when he was unable to attend the World Athletics Gala
Female Performance of the Year: Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia, Barbora Spotakova, Czech Republic
Revelation of the year Award: Pamela Jelimo, Kenya
Distinguished Career Award: Kajsa Bergqvist, Sweden, Stefan Holm, Sweden, Jefferson Prez, Ecuador
Inspirational Award: Henry Rono, Kenya
80 Years of Women Athletes at the Olympic Games: Jackie Joyner-Kersee, United States
Special Olympic Award: Usain Bolt, Jamaica, Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia, Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia, Francoise Mbango, Cameroon, Angelo Taylor, United States, Andreas Thorkildsen, Norway.
Following are the list of winners.
Male World Athlete of the Year: Usain Bolt, Jamaica
Female World Athlete of the Year: Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia
Male Performance of the Year: Dayron Robles, Cuba
Note: Liu Xiang will collect his Performance of the Year Trophy for 2006 when he was unable to attend the World Athletics Gala
Female Performance of the Year: Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia, Barbora Spotakova, Czech Republic
Revelation of the year Award: Pamela Jelimo, Kenya
Distinguished Career Award: Kajsa Bergqvist, Sweden, Stefan Holm, Sweden, Jefferson Prez, Ecuador
Inspirational Award: Henry Rono, Kenya
80 Years of Women Athletes at the Olympic Games: Jackie Joyner-Kersee, United States
Special Olympic Award: Usain Bolt, Jamaica, Tirunesh Dibaba, Ethiopia, Yelena Isinbayeva, Russia, Francoise Mbango, Cameroon, Angelo Taylor, United States, Andreas Thorkildsen, Norway.
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