BAWA_Athlete_of_the_Year

BAWA Athlete of the Year

BAWA Athlete of the Year

Award

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.

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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

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Notes

  1. [N 1]
    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.
  2. [N 2]
    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.
  3. [N 3]
    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.

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