European Athlete of the Year

[5][6] Long-distance runner Mo Farah of Great Britain is the only athlete, male or female, to win the main award three times.

Czech javelin legend Jan Železný, British triple jumper Jonathan Edwards with his Swedish rival Christian Olsson, Norwegian hurdler Karsten Warholm, Norwegian middle/long-distance runner Jakob Ingebrigtsen and Swedish pole vaulter Armand Duplantis have won the men's award twice, while Sweden's heptathlete Carolina Klüft, Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva, Croatian high jumper Blanka Vlašić, Dutch sprinter Dafne Schippers, and Dutch sprinter/hurdler Femke Bol have won the women's award twice each.

Three athletes have completed the double of the Rising Star trophy followed by the senior award: sprinter Christophe Lemaitre of France, Great Britain's heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill and Ukrainian's high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh.

[7] Duplantis and Ingebrigtsen were also jointly named men’s Rising Star in 2018, a first in the award history too.

Carolina Klüft and Christophe Lemaitre were the youngest European Athletes of the Year so far.

Photo of Armand Duplantis wearing a yellow and blue athletics outfit and holding up the yellow and blue Swedish flag behind his back
Pole vaulter Armand Duplantis was the men's Rising Star of the Year in 2018 and men's Athlete of the Year in 2022 and 2024.
Photo of Yaroslava Mahuchikh in a blue athletics outfit holding up her right thumb
High jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh was the women's Rising Star of the Year in 2019 and women's Athlete of the Year in 2024.
Photo of Mo Farah spreading his arms
Long-distance runner Mo Farah is the only athlete to win the main award three times, in 2011, 2012, and 2016.