We just completed the nomination process, and we are sharing the final list of Athletes nominated for the 2022 IAU Athletes of the Year Award. The list is presented below. The voting starts on January 28th as announced before and finishes on Febryary 12th. The timelines and process is presented below as well.
Final list of nomination
Women (alphabetic order):
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Gemma Arenas Alcazar (ESP) - 3rd place at 2022 Long Trail World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, 8:46:27 |
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Mariana Luisa Allende (ARG) - 3rd place at 2022 IAU 24H Americas Championships, 204.986 km |
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Patrycja Bereznowska (POL) - 1st place at 2022 IAU 24H European Championships, 256,250 km |
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Camille Chaigneau (FRA) - 2nd place at 2022 IAU 100 km World Championships, 7:06:32 |
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Cassie Cohen (AUS) - 2nd place at 2022 IAU 24H Asia and Oceania Championships, 214.590 km |
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Stephanie Gicquele (FRA) - 2nd place at 2022 IAU 24H European Championships, 253,580 km |
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Angelina Grassi (URU) - 2nd place at 2022 IAU 24H Americas Championships, 207.215 km |
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Allicia Heron (AUS) - 3rd place at 2022 IAU 24H Asia and Oceania Championships, 210.642 km |
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Camille Herron (USA) - 1st at 13th Desert Solstice Track Invitational - 100mi, 13:02:16 |
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Floriane Hot (FRA) - 1st place at 2022 IAU 100 km World Championships, 7:04:03 |
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Caitriona Jennings (IRL) - 1st place at 2022 IAU 50 km European Championships, 3:19:42 and 3rd place at 2022 IAU 100 km World Championships, 7:07:16 |
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Alison Lavender (GBR) - 2nd place at 2022 IAU 50 km European Championships, 3:21:26 |
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Blandine L'Hirondel (FRA) - 1st place at 2022 Long Trail World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, 8:22:14 |
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Kuan Ju Lin (TPE) - 1st place at 2022 IAU 24H Asia and Oceania Championships, 216.877 km |
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Ida Nilsson (SWE) - 2nd place at 2022 Long Trail World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, 8:34:59 |
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Malgorzata Pazda-Pozorska (POL) - 3rd place at 2022 IAU 24H European Championships, 251,806 km |
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Fagna das Chagas Sousa (BRA) - 1st place at 2022 IAU 24H Americas Championships, 213.480 km |
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Dominika Stelmach (POL) - 3rd place at 2022 IAU 50 km European Championships, 3:21:50 |
Men (alphabetic order):
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Geeno Antony (IND) - 3rd place at 2022 IAU 24H Asia and Oceania Championships, 238.577 km |
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Houssame Eddine Benabbou Azizi (ESP) - 1st place at 2022 IAU 50 km European Championships, 2:49:20 |
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Jose Adailton Barbosa (BRA) - 3rd place at 2022 IAU 24H Americas Championships, 220.088 km |
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Andrew Davies (GBR) - 3rd place at 2022 IAU 50 km European Championships, 2:53:09 |
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Amar Singh Devanda (IND) - 1st place at 2022 IAU 24H Asia and Oceania Championships, 257.618 km |
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Gabriel Mafalda (BRA) - 2nd place at 2022 IAU 24H Americas Championships, 225.772 km |
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Nicolas MARTIN (FRA) - 2nd place at 2022 Long Trail World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, 7:28:44 |
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Fernando Martinez (URU) - 1st place at 2022 IAU 24H Americas Championships, 246.047 km |
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Haruki Okayama (JPN) - 1st place at 2022 IAU 100 km World Championships, 6:12:10 |
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Adam Peterman (USA) - 1st place at 2022 Long Trail World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, 7:15:53 |
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Andrzej Piotrowski (POL) - 2nd place at 2022 IAU 24H European Championships, 301,858 km |
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Alberto Puyuelo Pardo (ESP) - 2nd place at 2022 IAU 50 km European Championships, 2:52:39 |
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Saurav Kumar Ranjan (IND) - 2nd place at 2022 IAU 24H Asia and Oceania Championships, 242.164 km |
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Andreas Reiterer (ITA) - 3rd place at 2022 Long Trail World Mountain and Trail Running Championships, 7:36:50 |
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Aleksandr Sorokin (LTU) - 1st place at 2022 IAU 24H European Championships, 319,614 km (IAU 24H World Record pending ratification), 6:05:41 - 100 km World Record, 3 times IAU World Records holder for 6H: 98.496 km, 50 miles: 4:53:41 and 100 miles: 10:51:39 |
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Marco Visintini (ITA) - 3rd place at 2022 IAU 24H European Championships, 288,437 km |
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Piet Wiersma (NED) - 3rd place at 2022 IAU 100 km World Championships, 6:18:47 |
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Jumpei Yamaguchi (JPN) - 2nd place at 2022 IAU 100 km World Championships, 6:17:19 |
Voting process:
The voting is only open to the IAU Executive Council, two members of the Athletes Commission and the Member Federations with each holding one (1) applicable vote. The process starts on January 28th 2023 and will end on February 12th 2023.
Each eligible voting individual has to vote for their top three (3) choices for men and for women from the final list of nominated athletes.
1st Choice: 5 points
2nd Choice: 3 points
3rd Choice: 1 point
The votes should be send to:
Jacek Bedkowski at Jacek.Bedkowski@iau-ultramarathon.org
Hilmy Aboud Said at Hilmy.Aboud.Said@iau-ultramarathon.org
The votes will be compiled at the end and the runner (male and female) with the most votes will win the individual 2022 IAU Athletes of the Year titles.
Dates for the process:
January 28th – February 12th
Voting process open for the Executive Council, Athletes Commission Chair and Vice Chair and Member Federations.
February 15th
IAU Executive Council will confirm the 2022 IAU Athlete of the Year
Jacek Bedkowski
IAU Director of Communication
