As part of the World Athletics Awards 2024, World Athletics is pleased to confirm the nominees for Women’s Track Athlete of the Year and Men’s Track Athlete of the Year.
Four Africans are in the race for these titles. They are Beatrice Chebet from Kenya (Four Olympic champion 5000m and 10,000m, world record holder for 10,000m); Faith Kipyegon from Kenya (Olympic champion in the 1500m and world record holder in the 1500m): Letsile Tebogo from Botswana (Olympic champion in the 200m and world best performer in the 200m); Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya (Olympic 800m champion and winner of the Diamond League).
Women’s Track Athlete of the Year are (in alphabetical order):
Julien Alfred, Saint Lucia
• Olympic 100m champion
• World indoor 60m champion
Beatrice Chebet, Kenya
• Olympic 5000m and 10,000m champion
• World 10,000m record
Faith Kipyegon, Kenya
• Olympic 1500m champion
• World 1500m record
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, USA
• Olympic 400m hurdles and 4x400m champion
• World 400m hurdles record
Marileidy Paulino, Dominican Republic
• Olympic 400m champion
• Diamond League 400m champion
Gabby Thomas, USA
• Olympic 200m champion
• Olympic 4x100m and 4x400m champion
Men’s Track Athlete of the Year are (in alphabetical order):
Rai Benjamin, USA
• Olympic 400m hurdles and 4x400m champion
• World 400m hurdles leader
Grant Holloway, USA
• Olympic 110m hurdles champion
• World indoor 60m hurdles champion and world record
Jakob Ingebrigtsen, Norway
• Olympic 5000m champion
• World 3000m record
Noah Lyles, USA
• Olympic 100m champion
• Olympic 200m bronze
Letsile Tebogo, Botswana
• Olympic 200m champion
• World 200m leader
Emmanuel Wanyonyi, Kenya
• Olympic 800m champion
• Diamond League 800m champion
