World champions Mondo Duplantis and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone have been announced as the World Athletes of the Year, receiving top honours in Monaco in recognition of their standout achievements in 2025.
Sweden’s pole vault star Duplantis and USA’s sprint sensation McLaughlin-Levrone were the final winners to be revealed at the World Athletics Awards 2025 on Sunday (30), on an evening that saw six athletes crowned in three categories – track, field and out of stadium – before the two overall winners were confirmed.
Before being named as the World Athletes of the Year, Duplantis was announced as the men’s field athlete of the year and McLaughlin-Levrone as the women’s track athlete of the year. Spain’s Maria Perez and Kenya’s Sabastian Sawe were confirmed as the out of stadium athletes of the year, while Kenya’s Emmanuel Wanyonyi received the men’s track athlete of the year honour and Australia’s Nicola Olyslagers the women’s field athlete of the year accolade.
This year’s Rising Stars were also celebrated, those honours going to world medallists Edmund Serem of Kenya and Zhang Jiale of China.
Awards 2025
Women’s World Athlete of the Year: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA)
Men’s World Athlete of the Year: Mondo Duplantis (SWE)
Women’s track: Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA)
Women’s field: Nicola Olyslagers (AUS)
Women’s out of stadium: Maria Perez (ESP)
Men’s track: Emmanuel Wanyonyi (KEN)
Men’s field: Mondo Duplantis (SWE)
Men’s out of stadium: Sabastian Sawe (KEN)
Women’s Rising Star: Zhang Jiale (CHN)
Men’s Rising Star: Edmund Serem (KEN)
Other award winners
President’s Award: McAvaney
Woman of the Year
Ruth Jepchumba Bundotich (Kenya)
Coaching Achievement Award
Michael O’Connor
Photograph of the Year
Vegard Grott
Member Federation Award
China
Fair Play Award
Tim Van de Velde
World Athletics
