Monte Carlo, Monaco, October 19, 2021: This year's finest athletics achievements will be celebrated at the World Athletics Awards 2021 in December, World Athletics announced on Monday, October 18.
The ceremony will recognise exceptional achievement in what has been another memorable and sometimes challenging year for the sport. Once again, athletics fans from around the world will be invited to help select the female and male athletes of the year.
Commenting on the Awards, World Athletics President Sebastian Coe said: “As always, the World Athletics Awards will recognise athletes who have performed at the highest level across the year, taking into account not only the Olympic Games but the one-day meeting circuits.
“We do recognise that athletes in some parts of the world faced greater challenges than others in accessing international competition this year, which complicated the nomination process.
“However, we saw some impressive breakthroughs at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and we look forward to those athletes having more opportunities to shine next year, with five World Athletics Series events and a full schedule of one-day meetings on the calendar."
Ten awards will be presented:
*Female and Male World Athlete of the Year - Ten nominees in each category will be announced this week. The five male and female finalists will be announced on November 22-23.
*Female and Male Rising Stars (U20)
*Coaching Achievement Award
*Inspiration Award
*Member Federations Award
*Woman of the Year Award
*President’s Award
*Athletics Photograph of the Year
The voting process for the Athlete of the Year awards will open this week. Further information about the World Athletics Awards 2021, which will be held at the start of December, will be announced in the weeks leading up to the event.